I fear that if the matter is beyond humanity, it is certainly beyond me.
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It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal.
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Because it is my desire. Is that not enough?"
[Sherlock Holmes on his raison d'être.]
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The Press, Watson, is a most valuable institution, if you only know how to use it.
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It is a pity he did not write in pencil. As you have no doubt frequently observed, the impression usually goes through -- a fact which has dissolved many a happy marriage.
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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.
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The best way of successfully acting a part is to be it.
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To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.
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So it was, my dear Watson, that at two o'clock today I found myself in my old armchair in my own old room, and only wishing that I could have seen my old friend Watson in the other chair which he has so often adorned.
- Sherlock Holmes.
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As I turned away, I saw Holmes, with his back against a rock and his arms folded, gazing down at the rush of the waters. It was the last that I was ever destined to see of him in this world.
- Watson.
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