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

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

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...

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...

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

In an experience of women that extends over many nations and three separate continents, I...

In an experience of women that extends over many nations and three separate continents, I...

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

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

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...

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

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

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

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...

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,...

There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.

There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.

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.