Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

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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.

The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.

The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.

In an experience of women that extends over many nations and three separate continents, I...

In an experience of women that extends over many nations and three separate continents, I...

For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always...

For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always...

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve...

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve...

A trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so.

A trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so.

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...

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

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.

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...

There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.

There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.

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,...

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.

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...

You will, I am sure, agree with me that... if page 534 only finds us...

You will, I am sure, agree with me that... if page 534 only finds us...

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

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

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...

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the...

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the...

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.