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It is a fool's plan to teach a man to be a cur in peace, and think that he will be a lion in war.
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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Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest!
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For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain.
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We must look for consistency. Where there is a want of it we must suspect deception.
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I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical faculty.
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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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I wanted to end the world but,I'll settle for ending yours.
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