I had no friends who would call upon me and break the monotony of my daily existence.
The difficulty is to detach the framework of fact – of absolute undeniable fact – from the embellishments of theorists and reporters.
Exactly. Since it is morally justifiable, I have only to consider the question of personal risk. Surely a gentleman should not lay much stress upon this, when a lady is in most desperate need of his help?
He chuckled to himself and rubbed his long, nervous hands together.
Orang berkemampuan rata-rata tidak tahu apa-apa yang lebih tinggi daripada dirinya. Tapi, orang berbakat selalu bisa menyadari suatu kegeniusan.
Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.
However, wretch as he was, he was still living under the shield of British law, and I have no doubt, Inspector, that you will see that, though that shield may fail to guard, the sword of justice is still there to avenge.
Come, Watson, come!” he cried. “The game is afoot. Not a word! Into your clothes and come!
It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.
A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it.
It is of the highest importance in the art of detection to be able to recognize, out of a number of facts, which are incidental and which vital. Otherwise your energy and attention must be dissipated instead of being concentrated.
For once you have fallen low. Let us see in the future how high you can rise.
His knowledge was greater than his wisdom, and his powers were far superior to his character.
One other thing, Lestrade,” he added, turning round at the door: “‘Rache,’ is the German for ‘revenge;’ so don’t lose your time looking for Miss Rachel.” With which Parthian shot he walked away, leaving the two rivals open-mouthed behind him.
Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l’admire.
Let us see if there is justice upon the earth, or if we are ruled by chance.
What did you do. Hopkins, after you had made certain that you had made certain of nothing?
I confess that I have been blind as a mole, but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.
I assure you, my good Lestrade, that I have an excellent reason for everything that I do.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.