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

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

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.

We can't command our love, but we can our actions.

We can't command our love, but we can our actions.

There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.

There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.

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...

Tis woman that seduces all mankind, By her we first were taught the wheedling arts.

Tis woman that seduces all mankind, By her we first were taught the wheedling arts.

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference,...

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference,...

If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.

If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.