I think that you know me well enough, Watson, to understand that I am by no means a nervous man. At the same time, it is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon…

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

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

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

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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 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...

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...

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...