I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

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My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most...

My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most...

Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget...

Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget...

It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever...

It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever...

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit...

Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit...

From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or...

From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or...

I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may...

I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may...

The ideal reasoner, he remarked, would, when he had once been shown a single fact...

The ideal reasoner, he remarked, would, when he had once been shown a single fact...

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.

Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.

London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are...

London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are...

A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem.

A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem.

Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until...

Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until...

I think that you know me well enough, Watson, to understand that I am by...

I think that you know me well enough, Watson, to understand that I am by...

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

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

I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical faculty.

I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical faculty.

We can't command our love, but we can our actions.

We can't command our love, but we can our actions.

As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it...

As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it...

Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk,...

Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk,...

The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of...

The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of...