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

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.

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...

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.

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...

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,...

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 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...

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.

There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.

There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.

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...

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...

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,...

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

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...

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...

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 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...

Todays decisions are tomorrows realities. Remember you have three choices: Take it, leave it or...

Todays decisions are tomorrows realities. Remember you have three choices: Take it, leave it or...

The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and women's earnings...

The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and women's earnings...

It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept...

It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept...