Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DLwas an Irish-Scots writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth22 May 1859
CityEdinburgh, Scotland
women may too-much
I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.
light people genius
It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.
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Where there is no imagination there is no horror.
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You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.
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When the impossible has been eliminated, all that remains no matter how improbable is possible.
smile beautiful records
The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.
believe heart bricks-and-mortar
I carry my own church about under my own hat," said I. "Bricks and mortar won't make a staircase to heaven. I believe with your Master that the human heart is the best temple.
love our-actions command
We can't command our love, but we can our actions.
peace truth fall
Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.
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There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book.
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Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.
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It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
success education knowledge
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
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A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.