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It is, of course, a trifle, but there is nothing so important as trifles.
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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I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go.
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I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever stood in shoe leather.
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The more outre' and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to be examined, and the very point which appears to complicate a case is, when duly considered and scientifically handled, the one which is most likely to elucidate it.
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I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical faculty.
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The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.
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The ideal reasoner, he remarked, would, when he had once been shown a single fact in all its bearings, deduce from it not only all the chain of events which led up to it but also all the results which would follow from it.
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As I turned away, I saw Holmes, with his back against a rock and his arms folded, gazing down at the rush of the waters. It was the last that I was ever destined to see of him in this world. - Watson.
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Several incidents in my life have convinced me of spiritual interposition - of the promptings of some beneficent force outside ourselves, which tries to help us where it can.
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Brothers are a blessing for one thing. There is no possibility of any young lady getting unreasonably conceited if she be endowed with them.
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Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth.
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We surely know by some nameless instinct more about our futures than we think we know.
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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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You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.
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