Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

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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.

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious 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...

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,...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

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

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