Arthur Conan Doyle

Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#sherlock-holmes

There is a soul-jealousy that can be as frantic as any body-jealousy. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#jealousy

You know my methods. Apply them. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#investigation #methods #sherlock-holmes #sherlock-holmes

Every man finds his limitations, Mr. Holmes, but at least it cures us of the weakness of self-satisfaction. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#satisfaction

It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#arthur-conan-doyle #classic #fiction #sherlock-holmes #sherlock-holmes

It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#stupidity #valor #wisdom-quote #courage

Accounts are not quite settled between us," said she, with a passion that equaled my own. "I can love, and I can hate. You had your choice. You chose to spurn the first; now you must test the other. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#love #passion #equality

They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#sherlock-holmes #sherlock-holmes

The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when [Holmes] became a specialist in crime. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#crime #stage #science

He is not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession. He has one positive virtue. He is as brave as a bulldog and as tenacious as a lobster if he gets his claws upon anyone. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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