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.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Dogs, Family, Personality, Reflection, Human-animal Relationship
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“A sick man is but a child.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Sickness, Vulnerability, Childlike, Health Comparison, Dependent State
Arthur Conan Doyle Sickness, Vulnerability, Childlike, Health Comparison, Dependent State“Professor Moriarty is not a man who lets the grass grow under his feet.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Moriarty, Efficiency, Action, Villainous Character, Proactive Behavior
Arthur Conan Doyle Moriarty, Efficiency, Action, Villainous Character, Proactive Behavior“It has always seemed to me that so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for it and I have made some bad mistakes in consequence. What matter if I hold my readers?” Arthur Conan Doyle
Writing, Storytelling, Accuracy, Reader Engagement, Artistic License
Arthur Conan Doyle Writing, Storytelling, Accuracy, Reader Engagement, Artistic License“For some reason altogether beyond our conception – and man may have been a mere accident, a by-product evolved in the process. It is as if the scum upon the surface of the ocean imagined that the ocean was created in order to produce and sustain it or a mouse in a cathedral thought that the building was its own proper ordained residence.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Evolution, Human Existence, Perspective, Cosmic Insignificance, Philosophical Musing
Arthur Conan Doyle Evolution, Human Existence, Perspective, Cosmic Insignificance, Philosophical Musing“Give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and i am in my own proper atmosphere. I crave for mental exaltation. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession, or rather created it.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Intellect, Challenge, Profession, Detective Work, Mental Stimulation
Arthur Conan Doyle Intellect, Challenge, Profession, Detective Work, Mental Stimulation“The goose we retained until this morning, when there were signs that, in spite of the slight frost, it would be well that it should be eaten without delay. Its finder has carried it off therefore to fulfil the ultimate destiny of a goose.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Humor, Food, Timing, Practicality, Fate
Arthur Conan Doyle Humor, Food, Timing, Practicality, Fate“Where there is no imagination there is no horror.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Imagination, Horror, Creativity, Fear, Psychology
Arthur Conan Doyle Imagination, Horror, Creativity, Fear, Psychology“Lying across his chest was a curious weapon, a shotgun with the barrel sawed off a foot in front of the triggers. It was clear that this had been fired at close range and that he had received the whole charge in the face, blowing his head almost to pieces. The triggers had been wired together, so as to make the simultaneous discharge more destructive.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Crime, Violence, Weapon, Description, Investigation
Arthur Conan Doyle Crime, Violence, Weapon, Description, Investigation“It is the sweetest spring within the memory of man. So green, so mild, so beautiful! Ah, what a contrast between nature without and my own soul so torn with doubt and terror!” Arthur Conan Doyle
Nature, Contrast, Inner Turmoil, Beauty, Emotional State
Arthur Conan Doyle Nature, Contrast, Inner Turmoil, Beauty, Emotional State“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Data, Theory, Scientific Method, Bias, Logical Reasoning
Arthur Conan Doyle Data, Theory, Scientific Method, Bias, Logical Reasoning“All day the wind had screamed and the rain had beaten against the windows, so that even here in the heart of great, hand-made London we were forced to raise our minds for the instant from the routine of life and to recognise the presence of those great elemental forces which shriek at mankind through the bars of his civilisation, like untamed beasts in a cage.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Nature, Civilization, Urban Life, Weather, Human Fragility
Arthur Conan Doyle Nature, Civilization, Urban Life, Weather, Human Fragility“It was easier to know it than to explain why I knew it.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Intuition, Knowledge, Explanation, Instinct, Unconscious Understanding
Arthur Conan Doyle Intuition, Knowledge, Explanation, Instinct, Unconscious Understanding“Some of you rich men have to be taught that all the world cannot be bribed into condoning your offences." Sherlock Holmes, The Problem of Thor Bridge.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Justice, Wealth, Morality, Societal Critique, Accountability
Arthur Conan Doyle Justice, Wealth, Morality, Societal Critique, Accountability“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Cycling, Depression, Exercise, Mental Health, Nature
Arthur Conan Doyle Cycling, Depression, Exercise, Mental Health, Nature“Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Truth, Doubt, Certainty, Knowledge, Wisdom
Arthur Conan Doyle Truth, Doubt, Certainty, Knowledge, Wisdom“Why on earth people who have something to say which is worth hearing should not take the slight trouble to learn how to make it heard is one of the strange mysteries of modern life.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Communication, Skill, Frustration, Modern Life, Self-improvement
Arthur Conan Doyle Communication, Skill, Frustration, Modern Life, Self-improvement“Violence is sometimes a duty.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Violence, Duty, Morality, Necessity, Ethical Dilemma
Arthur Conan Doyle Violence, Duty, Morality, Necessity, Ethical Dilemma“The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime, the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Crime, Motive, Investigation, Simplicity, Detective Work
Arthur Conan Doyle Crime, Motive, Investigation, Simplicity, Detective Work