Arthur Conan Doyle

By my soul! I would rather have a dry death," quoth Sir Oliver. "Though, Mort Dieu! I have eaten so many fish that it were but justice that the fish should eat me. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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