For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

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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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying...

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying...

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.

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you...

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you...

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...

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...

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 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.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

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...

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...

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 unaesthetic than a policeman.

There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.