Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

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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.

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

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

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 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...

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...

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

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...

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...

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.

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...

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

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.

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,...

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 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...

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 is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

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

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...

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...