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• If in 100 years I am only known as the man who invented Sherlock Holmes then I will have considered my life a failure.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Men, Years, Holmes

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• The world is big enough for us. No ghosts need apply.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Needs, World, Ghost

  Derrick Belanger, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2014). “A Study in Terror: Volume 1: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Revolutionary Stories of Fear and the Supernatural”, p.215, Andrews UK Limited

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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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• His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Ignorance, Literature, Study

  Arthur Conan Doyle (1989). “Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories”, p.15, Wordsworth Editions

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• When such men, who are beyond hope and fear, begin in their dim minds to see the source their woes, it may be an evil time for those who have wronged them. The weak man becomes strong when he has nothing, for then only can he feel the wild, mad thrill of despair.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Strong, Men, Weak Man

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Delphi Classics)”, p.2209, Delphi Classics

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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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• I had ... come to an entirely erroneous conclusion, which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Science, Data, Investing

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2006). “The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, with "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"”, p.236, Broadview Press

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• Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau's example.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Trout, Example, Milk

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2007). “The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Non-slipcased Edition) (Vol. 1) (The Annotated Books)”, p.305, W. W. Norton & Company

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• I followed you.' I saw no one.' That is what you may expect to see when I follow you.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  May, Saws

  His Last Bow (1917) "Devil's Foot"

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• You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Silence, Holmes, Companion

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• Watson. Come at once if convenient. If inconvenient, come all the same.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Holmes, Convenient, Watson

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2007). “The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Non-slipcased Edition) (Vol. 1) (The Annotated Books)”, p.102, W. W. Norton & Company

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• I have mastered the principles of several religions. They have all shocked me by the violence which I should have to do to my reason to accept the dogmas of any one of them.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Should Have, Principles, Violence

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Delphi Classics)”, p.4031, Delphi Classics

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• The Press, Watson, is a most valuable institution, if you only know how to use it.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Use, Institutions, Valuable

  Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" (1904).

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• The best way of successfully acting a part is to be it.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Acting, Way, Best Way

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “Sherlock Holmes:”, p.120

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• There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Waiting, Heroism, Done

  Arthur Conan Doyle “Lost World”, Courier Dover Publications

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• No: I am not tired. I have a curious constitution. I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely." ~ Sherlock Holmes

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Tired, Feelings, Constitution

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• The soul is swayed by the waters.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Water, Soul

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Delphi Classics)”, p.4869, Delphi Classics

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• It seems to leave the darkness rather blacker than before.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Darkness, Seems

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection”, p.247, Lulu.com

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• You know my methods. Apply them.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Statistics, Method, Holmes

  Sign of Four (1890) ch. 6

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• “How ever did you see that?” “Because I looked for it.”

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Cried, Inspectors

  "The Complete Sherlock Holmes: with an introduction from Robert Ryan".

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• Let me see. What are my other shortcomings?

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Let Me, Shortcomings

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection”, p.14, Lulu.com

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• I have taken to living by my wits.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Taken, Wit

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2014). “Sherlock Holmes Complete Collection With illustrated Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - 4 Novels, 56 Short Stories and 120+ illustrations”, p.630, Ageless Reads

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• Yet birth, and lust, and illness, and death are changeless things, and when one of these harsh facts springs out upon a man at some sudden turn of the path of life, it dashes off for the moment his mask of civilization and gives a glimpse of the stranger and stronger face below.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Spring, Men, Civilization

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2007). “Around the Red Lamp: Medical Life As It Used to Be”, p.47, Fireship Press

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• What a lovely thing a rose is!

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Rose, Lovely, Lovely Things

  Arthur Conan Doyle (1989). “Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories”, p.419, Wordsworth Editions

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• My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Long, Effort, Littles

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1892). “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”, p.55

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