“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.<sup>[1][1]</sup> [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle
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“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
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“It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.”
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“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.”
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“From the first day I met her, she was the only woman to me. Every day of that voyage I loved her more, and many a time since have I kneeled down in the darkness of the night watch and kissed...”
“A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may have treated her.”
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“Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.”
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“Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?' 'To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.' 'The dog did nothing in the night-time.' 'That was the curious incid...”
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“The ways of fate are indeed hard to understand. If there is not some compensation hereafter, then the world is a cruel jest.”
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“There is a danger there - a very real danger to humanity. Consider, Watson, that the material, the sensual, the worldly would all prolong their worthless lives. The spiritual would not avoid...”
“The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?”
“It is easy to be wise after the event.”
“A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony.”
“It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.”
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“It has always seemed to me that so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for it and I have made some bad mistakes in consequence....”
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“It is a pity he did not write in pencil. As you have no doubt frequently observed, the impression usually goes through -- a fact which has dissolved many a happy marriage.”
“There is a soul-jealousy that can be as frantic as any body-jealousy.”
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“It is only when you touch the higher that you realize how low we may be among the possibilities of creation.”
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“It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull.”
“There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book.”
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“I care not how humble your bookshelf may be, or how lonely the room which it adorns. Close the door of that room behind you, shut off with it all the cares of the outer world, plunge back in...”
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