Quotes 121 till 140 of 479.
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Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter.
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Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.
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Half of us are blind, few of us feel, and we are all deaf.
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Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.
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He possesses two out of the three qualities necessary for the ideal detective. He has the power of observation and that of deduction. He is only wanting in knowledge.
Source: The Sign of the Four (1890) -
He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather incur peril than preservation; for who so laboreth to be sincerely perfect and good shall necessarily perish, living among men that are generally evil.
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He was a tubby little chap who looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say ''when!''
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He who discommendeth others obliquely commendeth himself.
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He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self sacrifice.
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Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes - cats - I believe he did but feign to hate. My hand will miss the insinuated nose, mine eyes the tail that wagg'd contempt at Fate.
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His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall.
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Historians desiring to write the actions of men, ought to set down the simple truth, and not say anything for love or hatred; also to choose such an opportunity for writing as it may be lawful to think what they will, and write what they think, which is a rare happiness of the time.
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How much do you smoke a day sir? Pack! What a little puss. Gosh, why don't you just put a dress on and show it all to us while you smoke your little faggoty pack. C'mon, swish around for us. Damnit that pisses me off. I go through two lighters a day, dude. I'm starting to feel it.
Source: Sane Man -
How much do you smoke, sir? Two packs a day, is that right? Pussy. I go through two lighters a day. That's right, two lighters! You're a health nut compared to me. You're like the Jack LaLanne of smokers compared to me.
Source: Flying Saucer Tour Vol. I -
How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?
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I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.
Source: The Complete Sherlock Holmes (2013) 1057
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