I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
The most serious point in the case is the disposition of the child." What on earth has that to do with it?"… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
The highest morality may prove also to be the highest wisdom when the half-told story comes to be finished. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“It was a net from which it seemed to me, a few hours ago, that there was no possible escape. But he… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“So swift, silent and furtive were his movements like those of a trained bloodhound picking out a scent, that I could not… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
So swift, silent and furtive were his movements like those of a trained bloodhound picking out a scent, that I could not… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“His knowledge was greater than his wisdom, and his powers were far superior to his character.” — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
…but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all. — 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
