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It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.
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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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
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There seems to me to be absolutely no limit to the inanity and credulity of the human race. Homo Sapiens! Homo idioticus!
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I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart.
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When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth.
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So tomorrow we disappear into the unknown. This account I am transmitting down the river by canoe, and it may be our last word to those who are interested in our fate.
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Still, it is an error to argue in front of your data. You find yourself insensibly twisting them round to fit your theories.
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Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson.
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When people bury treasure nowadays they do it in the Post-Office bank.
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