The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

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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...

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.

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.

There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

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...

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...

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...