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Rather Quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle
- I have my own views about Nature's methods, though I feel that it is rather like a beetle giving his
- An absence of antecedents and of relatives is sometimes an aid rather than an impediment to social advancement . . .
- I have already explained to you that what is out of the common is usually a guide rather than a hindrance.
- You know how often the turning down this street or that, the accepting or rejecting of an invitation, may deflect the whole current of our…
- Do you remember what Darwin says about music? He claims that the power of producing and appreciating it existed among the human race long before…
- Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.
- I am afraid that I rather give myself away when I explain," said he. "Results without causes are much more impressive.
- It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.
- It seems to leave the darkness rather blacker than before.
- I think that you know me well enough, Watson, to understand that I am by no means a nervous man. At the same time, it…
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