Arthur Conan
Arthur Conan
strong cheer house
Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo Ipse domi stimul ac nummos contemplar in arca. (The public hiss at me, but I cheer myself when in my own house I contemplate the coins in my strong-box.)
underestimate exaggeration oneself
To underestimate oneself is as much an exaggeration of one's powers than the other.
dramatic
I never can resist a touch of the dramatic.
rose gentleman may
I rose to go, but Holmes caught me by my wrist and pushed me back into my chair. 'It is both, or none,' said he. 'You may say before this gentleman anything which you may say to me.
lying humorous sarcasm
This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie.
commonplace depends unnatural
Depend upon it, there is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace.
coffee land sandwiches
A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony.
rocks water gazing
As I turned away, I saw Holmes, with his back against a rock and his arms folded, gazing down at the rush of the waters. It was the last that I was ever destined to see of him in this world. - Watson.
boys simple men
I have wrought my simple plan If I give one hour of joy To the boy who’s half a man, Or the man who’s half a boy.
humanity matter ifs
I fear that if the matter is beyond humanity, it is certainly beyond me.
thinking doctors holmes
I think that I had better go, Holmes." "Not a bit, doctor. Stay where you are. I am lost without my Boswell.
world needs ghost
The world is big enough for us. No ghosts need apply.
darkness seems
It seems to leave the darkness rather blacker than before.
inspirational life important
It is, of course, a trifle, but there is nothing so important as trifles.