Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

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• Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.

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  Life, Men, Mind

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2012). “The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - books 1 and 2 (illustrated)”, p.66, The Planet

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• The most dangerous condition for a man or a nation is when his intellectual side is more developed than his spiritual. Is that not exactly the condition of the world today?

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  Spiritual, Men, Intellectual

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated)”, p.1952, Delphi Classics

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• When the impossible has been eliminated, all that remains no matter how improbable is possible.

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  Motivational, Matter, Impossible

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• The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

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  Life, Obvious Things, World

  Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901).

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• Healthy scepticism is the basis of all accurate observation.

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  Healthy, Skepticism, Observation

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Delphi Classics)”, p.9809, Delphi Classics

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• It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

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  Education, Mistake, Math

  "A Scandal in Bohemia" (1891)

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• When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.

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  Inspirational, Dark, Cycling

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• Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

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  Success, Education, Knowledge

  The Valley of Fear ch. 1 (1915)

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• You see, but you do not observe.

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  Curiosity, Statistics, Detectives

  "A Scandal in Bohemia" (1891)

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• You yourself may not be luminous, but you are a conductor of light.

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  Light, May, Hounds

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• Anything is better than stagnation.

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  Stagnation

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Delphi Classics)”, p.4255, Delphi Classics

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• A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.

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  Funny, Family, Sad

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “The Complete Sherlock Holmes”, p.1117, Race Point Pub

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• Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.

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  Skills, Genius, Splendid

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• There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

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  Inspirational, Hype, Deception

  Sherlock Holmes in "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" (1891).

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• I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.

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  Speak

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• Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.

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  Lessons, Lasts, Ends

  His Last Bow 'The Adventure of the Red Circle'

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• Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

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  Book, Historical, Doubt

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2012). “The Sherlock Holmes Archives (incl. The Truth About Sherlock Holmes)”, p.654, Jazzybee Verlag

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• When you have eliminated the impossible, what is left, no matter how unlikely, is the truth.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Matter, Impossible, Unlikely

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• The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.

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  Real, Lying, Greatness

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2010). “The Sign of Four”, p.99, Broadview Press

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• The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.

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  Inspirational, Life, God

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• There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.

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  Would Be, World, Dull

  Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Three Gables" (1926).

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• Even the best of us are thrown off some- times.

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  Thrown

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “The Sign of the Four”, p.81, Arthur Conan Doyle

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• There's a light in a woman's eyes that speaks louder than words.

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  Eye, Light, Speak

  Arthur Conan Doyle, General Press (2016). “The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 56 Stories & 4 Novels”, p.1095, GENERAL PRESS

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• You cannot see the lettuce and the dressing without suspecting a salad.

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  Salad, Lettuce, Dressings

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2010). “The Complete Brigadier Gerard Stories”, p.170, Canongate Books

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• Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson.

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  Sorrow, Holmes, Dear

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “Sherlock Holmes. The best stories”, p.871, "Издательство ""Проспект"""

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