There are strange red depths in the soul of the most commonplace man.
Arthur Conan DoyleFrom my boyhood I have had an intense and overwhelming conviction that my real vocation lay in the direction of literature. I have, however, had a most unaccountable difficulty in getting any responsible person to share my views.
- Cyprian Overbeck Wells: A Literary Mosaic
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Come, Watson, come!' he cried. 'The game is afoot. Not a word! Into your clothes and come!'
Ten minutes later we were both in a cab and rattling through the silent streets on our way to Charing Cross Station.
The world is big enough for us. No ghosts need apply.
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When one tries to rise above Nature one is liable to fall below it. The highest type of man may revert to the animal if he leaves the straight road of destiny.
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— В этом мире неважно, сколько вы сделали. Самое главное — суметь убедить людей, что вы сделали много.
Arthur Conan Doylethere comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before.
Arthur Conan DoyleIt is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.
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Count Sylvius, "We give you best, Holmes. I believe you are the devil himself."
"Not far from him, at any rate," Holmes answered witha polite smile.
Per Sherlock Holmes ella è sempre la donna. Raramente l’ho sentito accennare a lei in altro modo. Ai suoi occhi, supera e annulla tutte le altre esponenti del suo sesso.
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