Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau's example.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

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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...

Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.

Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.

There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

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...

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...

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

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

As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone,...

As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone,...

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.

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...

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

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.

Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be...

Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be...

To the man who loves art for its own sake, it is frequently in its...

To the man who loves art for its own sake, it is frequently in its...

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...