if i could be assured of your destruction, i would in the interest of the public, cheerfully accept my death.
Arthur Conan DoyleIn his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex.
Arthur Conan DoyleIt is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
Arthur Conan DoyleThe world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
Arthur Conan DoyleTags: classic mystery crime novel detective
I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air -- or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be. Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.
Arthur Conan DoyleTags: laziness holmes london watson
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.
Arthur Conan DoyleTags: talent sherlock-holmes genius gifts recognition mediocrity
I much fear that British juries have not yet attained that pitch of intelligence when
they will give the preference to my theories over Lestrade's facts.
You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.
Arthur Conan DoyleTags: sherlock-holmes silence
A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.
Arthur Conan DoyleMy dear Watson," said [Sherlock Holmes], "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.
Arthur Conan DoyleTags: inspirational self-esteem
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