"Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo Ipse domi……" — Arthur Conan Doyle
"Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo Ipse domi stimul ac nummos contemplar in arca. (The public hiss at me, but I cheer myself when in my own house I contemplate the coins in my strong-box.)"
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383 Quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle
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