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It is decreed by a merciful Nature that the human brain cannot think of two things simultaneously ...

the Dutchmen had died in 1816. Slagter's

There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.

A sick man is but a child, and so I will treat you.

The sight of the fair young girl, as frank and wholesome as the Sierra breezes, had stirred his volcanic, untamed heart to its very depths.

I have heard your reasons and regard them as unconvincing and inadequate.

I love and am loved by a better man than he.

However, I guess your time is of value, and we did not meet to talk about the cut of my socks.

My instincts are all against a woman being too frank and at her ease with me. It is no compliment to a man.

What have you to confess now? It's just as well for two fellows to know the worst of one another before they begin to live together.

It is not that I think or believe, but that I know.

If you eliminate all other possibilities, whatever remains must be the truth." Sherlock Holmes

The authorities are excellent at amassing facts, though they do not always use them to advantage.

A dead fish can float with the stream, but it takes a man to swim against it." What

The absence of the latter means nothing, though its presence may mean everything

Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age.

I always smoke 'ship's' myself," I answered. "That's

I would not tell them too much," said Holmes. "Women are never to be entirely trusted, - not the best of them.

Indeed, I have found that it is usually in unimportant matters that there is a field for the observation.

Of all ruins, that of a noble mind is the most deplorable.

I feel that there is reason lurking in you somewhere, so we will patiently grope round for it.

In the deep shadow of the tree there was a deeper shadow yet, black, inchoate, vague - a crouching form full of savage vigor and menace. It

Let us see if there is justice upon
the earth, or if we are ruled by chance

There was a mews in a lane which runs down by one wall of the garden. I lent the ostlers a hand in rubbing down their

It was nine o'clock at night upon the second of August - the most terrible August in the history of the world.

The future was with Fate. The present was our own.

~ The Poison Belt

THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE

THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN

Might I trouble you to open the window, for chloroform vapour does not help the palate.

We would not dare to conceive the things which are really mere commonplaces of existence.

Good-night, Mister Sherlock Holmes.

You have probably never heard of Professor Moriarty?" said he. "Never.

The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning.

I have my own views about Nature's methods, though I feel that it is rather like a beetle giving his

I had," said he, "come to an entirely erroneous conclusion which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data.

If in 100 years I am only known as the man who invented Sherlock Holmes then I will have considered my life a failure.

You are aware that I have some proficiency in the good old British sport of boxing.

a universe implies the existence of a universe maker, and

driving rapidly in the direction of Reading, but

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

THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

One is a punishment and the other is a misfortune

My horror at his crimes was lost in my admiration at his skill.

He was too absurd to make me angry. Indeed, it was a waste of energy, for if you were going to be angry with this man you would be angry all the time.

Then he half raised himself from the ground, threw his arms into the air, and fell forward in his side. He was dead.

Dogs don't make mistakes.

It is only when you touch the higher that you realize how low we may be among the possibilities of creation.

death struggle had been a grievous one. On

We surely know by some nameless instinct more about our futures than we think we know.

Summerlee burst into derisive laughter. 'A ptero-fiddlestick!' said he. 'It was a stork, if I ever I saw one.

To a great mind, nothing is little,' remarked Holmes, sententiously.

THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND

One must wait till it comes.

When we were left alone in the stone-flagged kitchen, it was astonishing how rapidly that sprained ankle recovered.

So all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are shown a link of it.

I shall never do that,' I answered; 'you have brought detection as near an exact science as it ever will be brought in this world.

As you are aware, E is the most common letter in the English alphabet,

Suddenly the dreamer disappeared, and Holmes, the man of action, sprang from his chair.

A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use and ornament.

THE ADVENTURE OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS CLIENT

THE ADVENTURE OF THE RETIRED COLOURMAN

It is not the cold which makes me shiver

I was forced to agree.

Bitterness is a paralytic.
Love is a much more serious motivator.

The fantastic graces of Chivalry lay upon the surface of life,but beneath it was a half-savage population,fierce and animal,with little ruth or mercy.

His knowledge was greater than his wisdom, and his powers were far superior to his character.

THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE

What one man can invent, another can discover.

I never remember feeling tired by work. though idleness exhausts me completely.

Everything comes in circles. [ ... ] The old wheel turns, and the same spoke comes up. It's all been done before, and will be again.

Watson. Come at once if convenient. If inconvenient, come all the same.

Head-keeper Hudson, we believe, has been now told to receive all orders for fly-paper and for preservation of your hen-pheasant's life.

Knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius, and

For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.

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

Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just.

THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER

explained is the statement

- I have come for advice.
- That is easily got.
- And help.
- That is not always so easy.
#The Five Orange Pips

THE REIGATE PUZZLE

Look at you. Why is the only woman you ever cared about a world-class criminal - are you a masochist?

They were of much the same stock, and their creeds could only be distinguished by their varying degrees of bigotry and intolerance.

A fool takes in everything he comes across, so that there is no room for anything useful to find a place,

There was no use denying anything to a woman, for she would have her way.

To begin at the beginning.

The great bell of Beaulieu was ringing. Far away through the forest might be heard its musical clangor and swell.

But love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things.

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

It is not easy to express the inexpressible, he answered with a laugh.

When will you be pleased to dine, Mr. Holmes?' Mrs. Hudson asked. 'Seven-thirty, the day after to-morrow' said he.

What I know is unofficial, what [the inspector] knows is official. I have the right to private judgment, but he has none.

Sherlock Holmes In

They're dangerous at both ends ... and crafty in the middle.

He foresaw that she would be very much more useful to him in the character of a free woman.

The soul is swayed by the waters.

Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.

When you have eliminated the impossible, what is left, no matter how unlikely, is the truth.

THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR

Everything I have to say has already crossed your mind."
"Then possibly my answer has crossed yours.

Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.