Arthur Conan Doyle

I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical faculty. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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