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I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Age: 71 †
Born: 1859
Born: May 22
Died: 1930
Died: July 7
Crime Writer
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
Sir A. Conan Doyle
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.
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There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
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That which is clearly known hath less terror than that which is but hinted at and guessed.
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The sky was of the deepest blue, with a few white, fleecy clouds drifting lazily across it, and the air was filled with the low drone of insects or with a sudden sharper note as bee or bluefly shot past with its quivering, long-drawn hum, like an insect tuning-fork.
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What a creature he was! Never have I felt such a horse between my knees. His great haunches gathered under him with every stride, and he shot forward ever faster and faster, stretched like a greyhound, while the windbeat in my face and whistled past my ears.
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The mighty voice of Canada will ever call to me.
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Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.
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It is quite a three pipe problem, and I beg that you won't speak to me for fifty minutes.
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The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning.
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