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Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

Total quotes: 17
“It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes
Tagged: little things, Important, Appreciation
“There’s a light in a woman’s eyes that speaks louder than words.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles(Dover Thrift Editions)
Tagged: Light, Passion, Women, Eyes, Love
“Every man finds his limitations, Mr. Holmes, but at least it cures us of the weakness of self-satisfaction.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
Tagged: Limitations, Self-Satisfaction, Flaws
“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.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, The Musgrave Ritual
Tagged: Love, Men, Heartbreak
“Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes (2 Volumes)
Tagged: Life, fiction, fact
“My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
Tagged: Knowledge, Intelligence, Mind
“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes (2 Volumes)
Tagged: Truth, impossible
“Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes (2 Volumes)
Tagged: Education, Learning, Lessons
“What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes
Tagged: actions, Beliefs
“There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes(2 Volumes)
Tagged: Lunatics, Psychopaths, Insanity
“Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
Tagged: Crime, Logic, Criminals
“It is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, The Man with the Twisted Lip
Tagged: Wisdom, Knowledge, old age
“It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, The Bruce-Partington Plans
Tagged: Criminals, Intelligence, Evil
“Jealousy is a strange transformer of characters.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure Of The Noble Bachelor
Tagged: Jealousy, Changes, emotions
“I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
Tagged: Brain, Mind, Intelligence
“The game is afoot.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, Adventure of the Abbey Grange
Tagged: Action, Adventure, The Game
“I wanted to end the world, but I'll settle for ending yours.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes(2 Volumes)
Tagged: Death, Destruction, Evil
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