Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
British author
Lived from: 1859 - 1930
Category: Scientists | Writers (Contemporary) Country: United Kingdom
Born: 22 may 1859 Died: 7 july 1930
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There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892)― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -
There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (2013) 526― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -
There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.
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There's a light in a woman's eyes that speaks louder than words.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (2016) 1095― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -
Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.
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We can't command our love, but we can our actions.
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We must look for consistency. Where there is a want of it we must suspect deception.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927)― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -
What one man can invent, another can discover.
Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Dancing Men (1903)― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -
When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.
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When the impossibility has been eliminated, whatever remains, no matter how improbable... is possible.
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Where there is no imagination there is no horror.
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Work is the best antidote to sorrow.
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You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought.
The White Company (1891)― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -
You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892)― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -
You will, I am sure, agree with me that... if page 534 only finds us in the second chapter, the length of the first one must have been really intolerable.
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Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren.
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