Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

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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...

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.

Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until...

Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until...

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...

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...

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

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...

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

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

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...

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

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...

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...

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.

There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.

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...

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.

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...