What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Mots clés sherlock-holmes belief accomplishment rewriting-history

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He said that there were no traces upon the ground round the body. He did not observe any. but I did - some little distance off, but fresh and clear"
"Footprints?"

"Footprints."

"A man's or a woman's?"

Dr. Mortimer looked strangely at us for an instant, and his voice sank almost to a whisper as he answered: "Mr Holmes, they were the footprints of s gigantic hound!

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Holy Men! Holy Cabbages! Holy Bean Pods! What do they do but live and suck in sustenance and grow fat?

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately, I can deduce nothing else.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Mots clés sherlock-holmes detection facts characteristics detectives obviousness attributes

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Come, Watson, come!" he cried. The game is afoot.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Mots clés holmes sherlock

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My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so.

Arthur Conan Doyle

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I followed you.'

I saw no one.'

That is what you may expect to see when I follow you.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Mots clés holmes

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When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Mots clés inspirational

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You wish to put me in the dark. I tell you that I will never be put in the dark. You wish to beat me. I tell you that you will never beat me.

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?'

'To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.'

'The dog did nothing in the night-time.'

'That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Mots clés humor sherlock-holmes mystery dog curious silver blaze incident

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