Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Logic, Crime, Rarity, Deduction, Analytical Thinking
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“Come what may, I am bound to think that all things are ordered for the best; though when the good is a furlong off, and we with our beetle eyes can only see three inches, it takes some confidence in general principles to pull us through.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Optimism, Faith, Perspective, Human Limitations, Perseverance
Arthur Conan Doyle Optimism, Faith, Perspective, Human Limitations, Perseverance“To the man who loves art for its own sake, it is frequently in its least important and lowliest manifestations that the keenest pleasure is to be derived.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Art, Appreciation, Perspective, Pleasure, Connoisseurship
Arthur Conan Doyle Art, Appreciation, Perspective, Pleasure, Connoisseurship“It was a singular bedroom, with its high walls of brown volumes, but there could be no more agreeable furniture to a bookworm like myself, and there is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book. I assured him that I could desire no more charming chamber, and no more congenial surroundings.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Books, Bibliophile, Reading, Comfort, Personal Taste
Arthur Conan Doyle Books, Bibliophile, Reading, Comfort, Personal Taste“It shows him to be a very wealthy man. How did he acquire wealth? He is unmarried. His younger brother is a station master in the west of England. His chair is worth seven hundred a year.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Deduction, Wealth, Observation, Family Relations, Social Status
Arthur Conan Doyle Deduction, Wealth, Observation, Family Relations, Social Status“Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Life, Adaptability, Wisdom, Nature, Human Understanding
Arthur Conan Doyle Life, Adaptability, Wisdom, Nature, Human Understanding“The tragedy has been so uncommon, so complete and of such personal importance to so many people, that we are suffering from a plethora of surmise, conjecture, and hypothesis. The difficulty is to detach the framework of fact – of absolute undeniable fact – from the embellishments of theorists and reporters. Then, having established ourselves upon this sound basis, it is our duty to see what inferences may be drawn and what are the special points upon which the whole mystery turns.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Investigation, Facts, Theory, Deduction, Methodology
Arthur Conan Doyle Investigation, Facts, Theory, Deduction, Methodology“I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor?” Arthur Conan Doyle
Exhaustion, Metaphor, Energy, Futility, Human Condition
Arthur Conan Doyle Exhaustion, Metaphor, Energy, Futility, Human Condition“What is the meaning of it, Watson? said Holmes solemnly as he laid down the paper. "What object is served by this circle of misery and violence and fear? It must tend to some end, or else our universe is ruled by chance, which is unthinkable. But what end? There is the great standing perennial problem to which human reason is as far from an answer as ever.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Meaning, Universe, Philosophy, Human Condition, Existential Questions
Arthur Conan Doyle Meaning, Universe, Philosophy, Human Condition, Existential Questions“You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Love, Devotion, Romance, Affection, Single-mindedness
Arthur Conan Doyle Love, Devotion, Romance, Affection, Single-mindedness“Yes, it is an interesting instance of a throwback, which appears to be both physical and spiritual.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Heredity, Spirituality, Evolution, Human Nature, Observation
Arthur Conan Doyle Heredity, Spirituality, Evolution, Human Nature, Observation“I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Parenting, Character, Observation, Psychology, Human Nature
Arthur Conan Doyle Parenting, Character, Observation, Psychology, Human Nature“I have mastered the principles of several religions. They have all shocked me by the violence which I should have to do to my reason to accept the dogmas of any one of them.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Religion, Reason, Dogma, Skepticism, Critical Thinking
Arthur Conan Doyle Religion, Reason, Dogma, Skepticism, Critical Thinking“That which is clearly known hath less terror than that which is but hinted at and guessed.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Fear, Knowledge, Mystery, Psychology, Human Nature
Arthur Conan Doyle Fear, Knowledge, Mystery, Psychology, Human Nature“No man lives or has ever lived who has brought the same amount of study and of natural talent to the detection of crime which I have done.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Expertise, Crime Detection, Self-confidence, Dedication, Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle Expertise, Crime Detection, Self-confidence, Dedication, Sherlock Holmes“You are aware that I have some proficiency in the good old British sport of boxing.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Boxing, Skill, British Culture, Self-defense, Physical Prowess
Arthur Conan Doyle Boxing, Skill, British Culture, Self-defense, Physical Prowess“It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Deduction, Logic, Truth, Problem-solving, Elimination Process
Arthur Conan Doyle Deduction, Logic, Truth, Problem-solving, Elimination Process“Have you tried to drive a harpoon through a body? No? Tut, tut, my dear sir, you must really pay attention to these details.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Detail, Investigation, Experience, Crime, Methodology
Arthur Conan Doyle Detail, Investigation, Experience, Crime, Methodology“I have my own views about Nature's methods, though I feel that it is rather like a beetle giving his.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Nature, Perspective, Humility, Human Limitations, Philosophical Reflection
Arthur Conan Doyle Nature, Perspective, Humility, Human Limitations, Philosophical Reflection“Indeed, I cannot think why the whole bed of the ocean is not one solid mass of oysters, so prolific the creatures seem. Ah, I am wandering! Strange how the brain controls the brain! What was I saying, Watson?” Arthur Conan Doyle
Distraction, Thought Process, Mental Wandering, Self-awareness, Conversation
Arthur Conan Doyle Distraction, Thought Process, Mental Wandering, Self-awareness, Conversation