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• It’s every man’s business to see justice done.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Inspirational, Men, Justice

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “The Complete Sherlock Holmes”, p.431, Race Point Pub

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• I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Children, Real, Character

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2015). “Sherlock Holmes: Children's Classics”, p.110, Everyman's Library

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

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Salad, Lettuce, Dressings

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

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• My dear Watson," said [Sherlock Holmes], "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Self, Departure, Modesty

  "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes". Book by Arthur Conan Doyle (p. 638), 2007.

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• There are no fools so troublesome as those who have some wit.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Mind, Fool, Troublesome

  "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels".

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• The future was with Fate. The present was our own.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Fate, Poison, Belts

  "The lost world; The poison belt: being an account of another amazing adventure of Professor Challenger".

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

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Speak

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

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Sorrow, Holmes, Dear

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

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• …but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Holmes, Late

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1892). “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”, p.146

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• Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Clever, Turns, Adaptable

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• The unexpected has happened so continually in my life that it has ceased to deserve the name.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Humorous, Sarcasm, Names

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “The Arthur Conan Doyle Early Novels MEGAPACK®: 15 Classic Novels”, p.2166, Wildside Press LLC

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• It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Life, Book, Small Numbers

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated)”, p.8373, Delphi Classics

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• Dogs don't make mistakes.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Inspirational, Life, Dog

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “Sherlock Holmes:”, p.392

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

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Believe, People, Done

  "Sherlock Holmes - The Novels: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear".

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• Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Nature, Science, Ideas

  1887 A Study in Scarlet, ch.7.

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• Jealousy is a strange transformer of characters.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Silly, Character, Strange

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2003). “Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories: Volumes I and II”, p.455, Bantam Classics

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• I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Brain, Appendix, Mere

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “The Complete Sherlock Holmes”, p.1057, Race Point Pub

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• Do you know anything on earth which has not a dangerous side if it is mishandled and exaggerated?

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Earth, Sides, Danger

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated)”, p.1878, Delphi Classics

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• You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Method, Holmes, Observation

  1892 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,'The Boscombe Valley Mystery'.

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• We can't command our love, but we can our actions.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Love, Our Actions, Command

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: free audiobook included: Illustrated and Unabridged”, p.166, Wizio Publishing

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

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  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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• Several incidents in my life have convinced me of spiritual interposition - of the promptings of some beneficent force outside ourselves, which tries to help us where it can.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Spiritual, Trying, Helping

  Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir (2008). “Through the Magic Door: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.125, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• There seems to me to be absolutely no limit to the inanity and credulity of the human race. Homo Sapiens! Homo idioticus!

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Humorous, Sarcasm, Race

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated)”, p.1779, Delphi Classics

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

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Would Be, World, Dull

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

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• Keep your revolver near you night and day, and never relax your precautions.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Gun, Night, Relax

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2011). “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, p.57, House of Stratus

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