All Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
You will, I am sure, agree with me that... if page 534 only finds us in the second chapter, the length of the first one must have been really intolerable.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
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It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
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Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.
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