In an experience of women that extends over many nations and three separate continents, I have never looked upon a face which gave a clearer promise of a refined and sensitive nature.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

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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...

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...

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.

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,...

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.

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

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

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 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...

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...