All Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
- A change of work is the best rest. Best
- To his eyes all seemed beautiful, but to me a tinge of melancholy lay upon the countryside, which bore so clearly the mark of the… All
- ...Holmes, who loathed every form of society with his whole Bohemian soul, remained in our lodgings in Baker Street, buried among his old books, and… Alternating
- A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony. All
- Depend upon it, there is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace. Commonplace
- This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie. Bored
- There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion," said he, leaning with his back against the shutters. "It can be built… All
- I never can resist a touch of the dramatic. Dramatic
- To underestimate oneself is as much an exaggeration of one's powers than the other. Exaggeration
- 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… Box
- Really, Watson, you excel yourself," said Holmes, pushing back his chair and lighting a cigarette. "I am bound to say that in all the accounts… Abilities
- I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such well-marked supra-orbital development. Would you have any objection to my running my finger along your… Along
- You know my methods. Apply them. Apply
- It is, I admit, mere imagination; but how often is imagination the mother of truth? Admit
- The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when [Holmes] became a specialist in crime. Actor
- That which is clearly known hath less terror than that which is but hinted at and guessed. Clearly
- They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but it does apply… Apply
- There is no satisfaction in vengeance unless the offender has time to realize who it is that strikes him, and why retribution has come upon… Come Upon
- I rose to go, but Holmes caught me by my wrist and pushed me back into my chair. 'It is both, or none,' said he.… Both
- If my future were black, it was better surely to face it like a man than to attempt to brighten it by mere will-o’-the-wisps of… Attempt
- My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work! Give
- I fear that if the matter is beyond humanity, it is certainly beyond me. Beyond
- It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal. Community
- There are no crimes and no criminals in these days. What is the use of having brains in our profession? I know well that I… Amount
- 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. Always Finds