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A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use and ornament.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Age: 71 †
Born: 1859
Born: May 22
Died: 1930
Died: July 7
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Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest!
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I am inclined to think -' said I. `I should do so,' Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently.
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We tottered together upon the brink of the fall. I have some knowledge, however, of baritsu, or the Japanese system of wrestling, which has more than once been very useful to me. I slipped through his grip, and he with a horrible scream kicked madly for a few seconds and clawed the air with both his hands.
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The husband was a teetotaller, there was no other woman, and the conduct complained of was that he had drifted into the habit of winding up every meal by taking out his false teeth and hurling them at his wife.
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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 danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.
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The setting is a worthy one, if the devil did desire to have a hand in the affairs of men.
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The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning.
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The grand thing is to be able to reason backwards.
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He spoke wistfully of a sudden leaving, a breaking of old ties, a flight into a strange world, ending in this dreary valley, and Ettie listened, her dark eyes gleaming with pity and with sympathy - those two qualities which may turn so rapidly and so naturally to love.
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