Every problem becomes very childish when once it is explained to you.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Understanding, Simplicity, Explanation, Perspective, Problem-solving
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“It is hard luck on a young fellow to have expensive tastes, great expectations, aristocratic connections but no actual money in his pocket, and no profession by which he may earn any.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Wealth, Expectations, Social Class, Youth, Financial Struggles
Arthur Conan Doyle Wealth, Expectations, Social Class, Youth, Financial Struggles“I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Intellect, Self-perception, Sherlock Holmes, Humor, Priorities
Arthur Conan Doyle Intellect, Self-perception, Sherlock Holmes, Humor, Priorities“She could but refuse me, and better be a repulsed lover than an accepted brother.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Love, Rejection, Relationships, Risk-taking, Emotional Vulnerability
Arthur Conan Doyle Love, Rejection, Relationships, Risk-taking, Emotional Vulnerability“Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?? 'To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.' 'The dog did nothing in the night-time.' 'That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Observation, Deduction, Detective Work, Subtlety, Logic
Arthur Conan Doyle Observation, Deduction, Detective Work, Subtlety, Logic“We must look for consistency. Where there is a want of it we must suspect deception.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Consistency, Deception, Investigation, Logical Reasoning, Critical Thinking
Arthur Conan Doyle Consistency, Deception, Investigation, Logical Reasoning, Critical Thinking“The more we progress the more we tend to progress. We advance not in arithmetical but in geometrical progression. We draw compound interest on the whole capital of knowledge and virtue which has been accumulated since the dawning of time.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Progress, Knowledge, Virtue, Human Advancement, Intellectual Growth
Arthur Conan Doyle Progress, Knowledge, Virtue, Human Advancement, Intellectual Growth“What, my friends, is the conquest of one nation by another? It is meaningless. Each produces the same result. But those fierce fights, when in the dawn of the ages the cave-dwellers held their own against the tier folk, or the elephants first found that they had a master, those were the real conquests – the victories that count.” Arthur Conan Doyle
History, Conquest, Evolution, Human Progress, Perspective
Arthur Conan Doyle History, Conquest, Evolution, Human Progress, Perspective“She was weak and helpless, shaken in mind and nerve. It was to take her at a disadvantage to obtrude love upon her at such a time.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Vulnerability, Love, Timing, Ethics, Human Nature
Arthur Conan Doyle Vulnerability, Love, Timing, Ethics, Human Nature“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Talent, Genius, Mediocrity, Recognition, Human Potential
Arthur Conan Doyle Talent, Genius, Mediocrity, Recognition, Human Potential“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“Save for the occasional use of cocaine he had no vices, and he only turned to the drug as a protest against the monotony of existence when cases were scanty and the papers uninteresting.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Addiction, Boredom, Vice, Existence, Intellectual Stimulation
Arthur Conan Doyle Addiction, Boredom, Vice, Existence, Intellectual Stimulation“Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Inspiration, Genius, Influence, Intellectual Stimulation, Human Potential
Arthur Conan Doyle Inspiration, Genius, Influence, Intellectual Stimulation, Human Potential“Might I trouble you to open the window, for chloroform vapour does not help the palate.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Request, Chemical Sensitivity, Politeness, Observation, Detective Work
Arthur Conan Doyle Request, Chemical Sensitivity, Politeness, Observation, Detective Work“Do you know anything on earth which has not a dangerous side if it is mishandled and exaggerated?” Arthur Conan Doyle
Danger, Moderation, Caution, Risk Assessment, Balanced Approach
Arthur Conan Doyle Danger, Moderation, Caution, Risk Assessment, Balanced Approach“When the impossible has been eliminated, all that remains no matter how improbable is possible.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Deduction, Logic, Possibility, Investigation, Problem-solving
Arthur Conan Doyle Deduction, Logic, Possibility, Investigation, Problem-solving“The great bell of Beaulieu was ringing. Far away through the forest might be heard its musical clangor and swell.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Sound, Atmosphere, Nature, Description, Setting
Arthur Conan Doyle Sound, Atmosphere, Nature, Description, Setting“The Times is a paper which is seldom found in any hands but those of the highly educated.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Education, Social Class, Newspaper, Reading Habits, Cultural Observation
Arthur Conan Doyle Education, Social Class, Newspaper, Reading Habits, Cultural Observation“The old wheel turns, and the same spoke comes up. It's all been done before, and will be again.” Arthur Conan Doyle
History, Repetition, Cyclical Nature, Wisdom, Human Experience
Arthur Conan Doyle History, Repetition, Cyclical Nature, Wisdom, Human Experience