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Knowledge Quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle

16 Knowledge quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle

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When it comes to knowledge, Arthur Conan Doyle treats it like a case file—each fact a clue, each insight a revelation. His sayings blend the detective’s relentless curiosity with a writer’s love for learning, reminding us that even a master‑detective can be a lifelong student. Expect a mix of witty aphorisms and serious reflections that reveal why he prized learning over complacency.

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His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

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It is not that I think or believe, but that I know.

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When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.

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“The supreme gift of an artist is the knowledge of when to stop.”

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Perhaps, when a man has special knowledge and special powers like my own, it rather encourages him to seek a complex explanation…

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“there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before.”

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If the fresh facts come to our knowledge all fit themselves into the scheme, then our hypothesis may gradually become a solution.…

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I should have more faith," he said; "I ought to know by this time that when a fact appears opposed to a…

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“It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. Depend upon it…

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“A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful…

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“Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is…

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Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is…

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The more we progress the more we tend to progress. We advance not in arithmetical but in geometrical progression. We draw compound…

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Problems may be solved in the study which have baffled all those who have sought a solution by the aid of their…

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“Dr. Watson's summary list of Sherlock Holmes's strengths and weaknesses: "1. Knowledge of Literature: Nil. 2. Knowledge of Philosophy: Nil. 3. Knowledge…

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“Sherlock Holmes closed his eyes and placed his elbows upon the arms of his chair, with his finger-tips together. “The ideal reasoner,”…

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Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

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“Wonderful!" I ejaculated.”

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“How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature!”

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