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“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.”

Arthur Conan Doyle book The Hound of the Baskervilles

Source: The Hound of the Baskervilles

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

Arthur Conan Doyle book The White Company

The White Company (1891)

“if i could be assured of your destruction, i would in the interest of the public, cheerfully accept my death.”

Arthur Conan Doyle

Source: The Complete Sherlock Holmes

“Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire.

A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.”

Arthur Conan Doyle book A Study in Scarlet

Source: A Study in Scarlet

“‎A change of work is the best rest.”

Arthur Conan Doyle book The Sign of the Four

Source: The Sign of Four

“You would not call me a marrying man, Watson?"
"No, indeed!"
"You'll be interested to hear that I'm engaged."
"My dear fellow! I congrat-"
"To Milverton's housemaid."
"My dear Holmes!"
"I wanted information, Watson.”

Arthur Conan Doyle book The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Source: The Return of Sherlock Holmes

“You see, but you do not observe.”

Arthur Conan Doyle A Scandal in Bohemia

Source: A Scandal in Bohemia

“Dr. Watson's summary list of Sherlock Holmes's strengths and weaknesses:

"1. Knowledge of Literature: Nil.
2. Knowledge of Philosophy: Nil.
3. Knowledge of Astronomy: Nil.
4. Knowledge of Politics: Feeble.
5. Knowledge of Botany: Variable. Well up in belladonna, opium, and poisons generally. Knows nothing of practical gardening.
6. Knowledge of Geology: Practical but limited. Tells at a glance different soils from each other. After walks has shown me splashes upon his trousers, and told me by their colour and consistence in what part of London he had received them.
7. Knowledge of Chemistry: Profound.
8. Knowledge of Anatomy: Accurate but unsystematic.
9. Knowledge of Sensational Literature: Immense. He appears to know every detail of every horror perpetrated in the century.
10. Plays the violin well.
11. Is an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman.
12. Has a good practical knowledge of British law.”

Arthur Conan Doyle book A Study in Scarlet

Source: A Study in Scarlet

“What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.”

Arthur Conan Doyle book A Study in Scarlet

Source: A Study in Scarlet

“It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data.”

Arthur Conan Doyle book The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Source: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

“Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.”

Arthur Conan Doyle book A Case of Identity

Source: A Case of Identity

“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.”

Arthur Conan Doyle

“No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so.”

Arthur Conan Doyle book A Study in Scarlet

Source: A Study in Scarlet

“I must apologize for calling so late," said he, "and I must further beg you to be so unconventional as to allow me to leave your house presently by scrambling over your back garden wall.”

Arthur Conan Doyle

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I