By a man's finger-nails, by his coat-sleeve, by his boots, by his trouser-knees, by the callosities of his forefinger and thumb, by… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
"I should have more faith," he said; "I ought to know by this time that when a fact appears opposed to a… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
On general principles, it is best that I should not leave the country. Scotland Yard feels lonely without me, and it causes… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Great sorrow or great joy should bring intense hunger--not abstinence from food, as our novelists will have it. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. You have… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
My dear Watson," said [Sherlock Holmes], "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
I have mastered the principles of several religions. They have all shocked me by the violence which I should have to do… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
You mentioned your name as if I should recognize it, but beyond the obvious facts that you are a bachelor, a solicitor,… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“The whole force of the State is at your back if you should need it. I’m afraid that all the queen’s horses… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
"There are one or two elementary rules to be observed in the way of handling patients," he remarked, seating himself on the… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Conceive a jelly-fish such as sails in our summer seas, bell-shaped and of enormous size - far larger, I should judge, than… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
We all learn by experience, and your lesson this time is that you should never lose sight of the alternative. Sherlock Holmes… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Problems may be solved in the study which have baffled all those who have sought a solution by the aid of their… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Was it hardness, was it selfishness, that she should ask me to risk my life for her own glorification? Such thoughts may… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
I am inclined to think -' said I. `I should do so,' Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Why should people ever take credit for charity when they must know that they cannot gain as much pleasure out of their… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
I should be very much obliged if you would slip your revolver into your pocket. An Eley's No. 2 is an excellent… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. You have… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
We had got as far as this, when who should walk in but the gentleman himself, who had been drinking his beer… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Exactly. She does not shine as a wife even in her own account of what occurred. I am not a whole-souled admirer… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
...it was a huge creature, luminous, ghastly, and spectral. I have cross-examined these men, one of them a hard-headed countryman, one a farrier, and… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“A study in scarlet, eh? Why shouldn't we use a little art jargon. There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Holy men? Holy cabbages! Holy bean-pods! What do they do but live and suck in sustenance and grow fat? If that be holiness, I… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Amberley excelled at chess - a mark, Watson, of a scheming mind. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Ex-Professor Moriarty of mathematical celebrity... is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“When a doctor does go wrong, he is the first of criminals. He has the nerve and he has the knowledge.” — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature!” — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
You wish to put me in the dark. I tell you that I will never be put in the dark. You wish to beat… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
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