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• ...Holmes, who loathed every form of society with his whole Bohemian soul, remained in our lodgings in Baker Street, buried among his old books, and alternating from week to week between cocaine and ambition, the drowsiness of the drug, and the fierce energy of his own keen nature.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Book, Ambition, Drug

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1892). “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”, p.4

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• It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Flower, Giving, Goodness

  "The Naval Treaty" (1893)

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• A study of family portraits is enough to convert a man to the theory of reincarnation.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Men, Personality, Portraits

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• A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Business, Clients, Problem

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2001). “The Sign of the Four; Or, the Problem of the Sholtos”, p.11, iUniverse

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• The more outre' and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to be examined, and the very point which appears to complicate a case is, when duly considered and scientifically handled, the one which is most likely to elucidate it.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Incidents, Grotesque, Cases

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection”, p.286, Lulu.com

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• Have you tried to drive a harpoon through a body? No? Tut, tut, my dear sir, you must really pay attention to these details.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Book, Details, Attention

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Delphi Classics)”, p.905, Delphi Classics

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• I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air -- or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be. Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Men, Air, Idlers

  A Study in Scarlet ch. 1 (1888)

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• We surely know by some nameless instinct more about our futures than we think we know.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Thinking, Instinct, Our Future

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “The Arthur Conan Doyle Early Novels MEGAPACK®: 15 Classic Novels”, p.2242, Wildside Press LLC

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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

  Writing, Obviousness, Done

  "The Red-Headed League" (1891)

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• This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Lying, Humorous, Sarcasm

  Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott McKowen (2004). “The Adventures and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes”, p.230, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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• We tottered together upon the brink of the fall. I have some knowledge, however, of baritsu, or the Japanese system of wrestling, which has more than once been very useful to me. I slipped through his grip, and he with a horrible scream kicked madly for a few seconds and clawed the air with both his hands.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Art, Fall, Wrestling

  Arthur Conan Doyle, General Press (2016). “The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 56 Stories & 4 Novels”, p.372, GENERAL PRESS

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• Nature is the true revelation of the Deity to man. The nearest green field is the inspired page from which you may read all that it is needful for you to know.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Men, Green Fields, May

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Delphi Classics)”, p.4044, Delphi Classics

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• If the fresh facts come to our knowledge all fit themselves into the scheme, then our hypothesis may gradually become a solution. Sherlock Holmes speaking with Dr. Watson.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Knowledge, Drs, May

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• Exactly. She does not shine as a wife even in her own account of what occurred. I am not a whole-souled admirer of womankind, as you are aware, Watson, but my experience of life has taught me that there are few wives having any regard for their husbands who would let any man's spoken word stand between them and that husband's dead body. Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Husband, Lying, Humorous

  Arthur Conan Doyle, General Press (2016). “The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 56 Stories & 4 Novels”, p.1192, GENERAL PRESS

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• So complex is the human spirit that it can itself scarce discern the deep springs which impel it to action.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Spring, Spirit, Action

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2015). “The White Company”, p.140, Booklassic

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• I could not rest, Watson, I could not sit quiet in my chair, if I thought that such a man as Professor Moriarty were walking the streets of London unchallenged.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Men, London, Quiet

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2006). “The Best of Sherlock Holmes: Literary Touchstone Classic”, p.91, Prestwick House Inc

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• When you have one of the first brains of Europe up against you, and all the powers of darkness at his back, there are infinite possibilities.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Europe, Darkness, Brain

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2015). “Sherlock Holmes: The Novels: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.274, Penguin

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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

  Justice, Facts, Should

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “The Sign of the Four”, p.18, Arthur Conan Doyle

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• Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Classic, Easy, Excellent

  "The Adventure of the Crooked Man" (1893) See Arthur Conan Doyle 39

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• I can never bring you to realize the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Issues, Nails, Boots

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1892). “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”, p.66

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• The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult it is to bring it home.

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  Home, Crime, Difficult

  "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" (1891)

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• 'Men die of the diseases which they have studied most,' remarked the surgeon, snipping off the end of a cigar with all his professional neatness and finish. 'It's as if the morbid condition was an evil creature which, when it found itself closely hunted, flew at the throat of its pursuer. If you worry the microbes too much they may worry you. I've seen cases of it, and not necessarily in microbic diseases either. There was, of course, the well-known instance of Liston and the aneurism; and a dozen others that I could mention.'

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Men, Evil, Worry

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Delphi Classics)”, p.6714, Delphi Classics

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• If the man who observes the myriad stars, and considers that they and their innumerable satellites move in their serene dignity through the heavens, each swinging clear of the other's orbit-if, I say, the man who sees this cannot realise the Creator's attributes without the help of the book of Job, then his view of things is beyond my understanding.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Jobs, Stars, Moving

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Delphi Classics)”, p.4045, Delphi Classics

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• You know how easily and suddenly these things happen, beginning in playful teasing and ending in something a little warmer than friendship. You squeeze the slender arm which is passed through yours, you venture to take the little gloved hand, you say good night at absurd length in the shadow of the door. It is innocent and very interesting, love trying his wings in a first little flutter.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Love, Good Night, Hands

  Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir (2008). “The Stark Munro Letters: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.73, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Ex-Professor Moriarty of mathematical celebrity... is the Napoleon of crime, Watson.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Crime, Professors, Mathematical

  Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894) "The Final Problem"

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