Arthur Conan Doyle Short Quotes

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They were the footprints of a gigantic hound!

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

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You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought.

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It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery.

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Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.

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

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Of all ruins that of a noble mind is the most deplorable.

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Let us hear the suspicions. I will look after the proofs.

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To Sherlock Holmes she [Irene Adler] is always the woman.

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It is the unofficial force—the Baker Street irregulars.

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You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear.

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The devil's agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?

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"Excellent!" I [Watson] cried.
"Elementary," said he [Holmes].

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The vocabulary of 'Bradshaw' is nervous and terse, but limited.

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Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age.

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

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All other men are specialists, but his specialism is omniscience.

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Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.

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If you want to write good copy, you must be where the things are.

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The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.

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

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It is all in the way of professional experience. - Sherlock Holmes

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A trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so.

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I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever stood in shoe leather.

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To a great mind, nothing is little,' remarked Holmes, sententiously.

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But it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.

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Take time to consider. The smallest point may be the most essential.

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If you will find the facts, perhaps others may find the explanation.

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My business is that of every other good citizen - to uphold the law.

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Every problem becomes very childish when once it is explained to you.

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