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There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.
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
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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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My dear Watson, said [Sherlock Holmes], I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.
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Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.
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Nature is the true revelation of the Deity to man. The nearest green field is the inspired page from which you may read all that it is needful for you to know.
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The fair sex is your department.
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The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult it is to bring it home.
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I had ... come to an entirely erroneous conclusion, which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data.
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Three quiet days. This hell fiend is like a cat with a mouse. She lets me loose only to pounce upon me again. I am never so frightened as when every thing is still.
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…but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.
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The grand thing is to be able to reason backwards.
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The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning.
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Anything seems commonplace, once explained.
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I love and am loved by a better man than he.
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My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.
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He is not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession. He has one positive virtue. He is as brave as a bulldog and as tenacious as a lobster if he gets his claws upon anyone.
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It is not that I think or believe, but that I know.
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I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.
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