Tag: Arthur Conan Doyle
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The ideal reasoner, he remarked, would, when he had once been shown a single fact in all its bearings, deduce from it not only all the chain of events which led up to it but also all the results which would follow from it.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical faculty.
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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Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.
Arthur Conan Doyle