Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

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.

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...