I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

Topics: Women Quotes

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

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.

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...

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

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 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,...