Let him, on meeting a fellow-mortal, learn at a glance to distinguish the history of the man, and the trade or profession to which he belongs. Puerile as such an exercise may seem, it sharpens the faculties of observation, and teaches one where to look and what to look for.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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How shall I ever forget that dreadful vigil? I could not hear a sound, not even the drawing of a breath, and yet I knew that my companion sat open-eyed, within a few feet of me, in the same state of nervous tension in which I was myself. The shutters cut off the least ray of light, and we waited in absolute darkness.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

But a girl always knows.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Sure, what is murder? Isn’t it common enough in these parts?” “It is, indeed; but it’s not for me to point out the man that is to be murdered.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Mr. Holmes always knows whatever there is to know.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backwards. That.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Gone to the nearest public-house. That is the centre of country gossip. They would have told you every name, from the master to the scullery-maid.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

He was once a schoolmaster in the north of England. Now, there is no one more easy to trace than a schoolmaster. There are scholastic agencies by which one may identify any man who has been in the profession.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession, – or rather created it, for I am the only one in the world.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Nuestras ideas deben ser tan amplias como la naturaleza si aspiran a interpretarla.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Nada hay nuevo bajo el sol... Cada acto o cada cosa tiene un precedente en el pasado.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

I ought to know by this time that when a fact appears to be opposed to a long train of deductions, it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some other interpretation.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

And that was how a great scandal threatened to affect the kingdom of Bohemia, and how the best plans of Mr. Sherlock Holmes were beaten by a woman’s wit. He used to make merry over the cleverness of women, but I have not heard him do it of late. And when he speaks of Irene Adler, or when he refers to her photograph, it is always under the honourable title of the woman.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

There’s an east wind coming, Watson.” “I think not, Holmes. It is very warm.” “Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age. There’s an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it’s God’s own wind none the less, and a cleaner, better, stronger land will lie in the sunshine when the storm has cleared.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

But a sportin’ risk, young fellah, that’s the salt of existence. Then it’s worth livin’ again. We’re all gettin’ a deal too soft and dull and comfy. Give me the great waste lands and the wide spaces, with a gun in my fist and somethin’ to look for that’s worth findin’.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

I owe you both my thanks and an apology. It was an unjustifiable experiment even for one’s self, and doubly so for a friend. I am really very sorry.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

There is nothing new under the sun. It has been done before.’ As.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of everyday life. You have shown your relish for it by the enthusiasm which has prompted you to chronicle, and, if you will excuse my saying so, somewhat to embellish so many of my own little adventures.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Well,” said I, “you call that love, Mr. Carruthers, but I should call it selfishness.” “Maybe the two things go together.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Are you well up in your Jean Paul?

— Arthur Conan Doyle

You mean the retired sergeant of Marines,” said Sherlock Holmes.

— Arthur Conan Doyle
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