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Cases Quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Let me run over the principal steps. We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind, which is always an advantage. We had…
- Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.
- The more outre' and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to be examined, and the very point which appears to complicate a…
- 'Men die of the diseases which they have studied most,' remarked the surgeon, snipping off the end of a cigar with all his professional neatness…
- The most serious point in the case is the disposition of the child." What on earth has that to do with it?" I ejaculated. My…
- Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. You have attempted to tinge…
- 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 his expression, by…
- There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.
- It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery. The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious because it presents no new or special…
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- In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels. — Jane Austen
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- Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse. — Abu Bakr
- It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. — James A. Baldwin
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- Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them… — Dave Barry
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- Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights of paradise,… — Saint Basil