Arthur Conan
Arthur Conan
girl attitude humorous
""Dear girl," continued Bob advancing with an imbecile grin upon his countenance, which he imagined no doubt to be a seductive smile, "fly with me! Be mine! Share with me the wild free life of a barrister! Say that you return the love which consumes my heart - oh, say it!" Here Bob put his hand over a hole in his waistcoat and struck a dramatic attitude.
humorous biblical sarcasm
He had never seen a woman doctor before, and his whole conservative soul rose up in revolt at the idea. He could not recall any biblical injunction that the man should remain ever the doctor and the woman the nurse, and yet he felt as if a blasphemy had been committed.
humorous sarcasm doctors
The less experienced a doctor is, the higher are his notions of professional dignity . . .
humorous sarcasm past
The sky was of the deepest blue, with a few white, fleecy clouds drifting lazily across it, and the air was filled with the low drone of insects or with a sudden sharper note as bee or bluefly shot past with its quivering, long-drawn hum, like an insect tuning-fork.
humorous sarcasm thinking
"There are one or two elementary rules to be observed in the way of handling patients," he remarked, seating himself on the table and swinging his legs. "The most obvious is that you must never let them see that you want them. It should be pure condescension on your part seeing them at all; and the more difficulties you throw in the way of it, the more they think of it. Break your patients in early, and keep them well to heel."
humorous sarcasm museums
"Dr. Munro, sir," said he, "I am a walking museum. You could fit what ISN'T the matter with me on to the back of a -- visiting card. If there's any complaint you want to make a special study of, just you come to me, sir, and see what I can do for you. It's not every one that can say that he has had cholera three times, and cured himself by living on red pepper and brandy."
knowledge should-have long
"I should have more faith," he said; "I ought to know by this time that when a fact appears opposed to a long train of deductions it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some other interpretation."
funny dog animal
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.
success education knowledge
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
motivational matter impossible
When the impossible has been eliminated, all that remains no matter how improbable is possible.
life wisdom past
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
peace truth fall
Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.
love our-actions command
We can't command our love, but we can our actions.
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.