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“Misfortunes never come single.”
Arthur Conan Doyle
Misfortune, Adversity, Bad Luck, Life Challenges, Murphy’s Law
Arthur Conan Doyle Misfortune, Adversity, Bad Luck, Life Challenges, Murphy’s Law“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“So it was, my dear Watson, that at two o'clock today I found myself in my old armchair in my own old room, and only wishing that I could have seen my old friend Watson in the other chair which he has so often adorned. – Sherlock Holmes.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Friendship, Nostalgia, Comfort, Sherlock Holmes, Watson
Arthur Conan Doyle Friendship, Nostalgia, Comfort, Sherlock Holmes, Watson“Dogmas of every kind put assertion in the place of reason and give rise to more contention, bitterness, and want of charity than any other influence in human affairs.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Dogma, Reason, Conflict, Intolerance, Human Nature
Arthur Conan Doyle Dogma, Reason, Conflict, Intolerance, Human Nature“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“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“There are fifty who can reason synthetically for one who can reason analytically.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Reasoning, Analysis, Intellect, Logical Thinking, Mental Skills
Arthur Conan Doyle Reasoning, Analysis, Intellect, Logical Thinking, Mental Skills“I fear that if the matter is beyond humanity, it is certainly beyond me.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Humanity, Limitations, Humility, Investigation, Supernatural
Arthur Conan Doyle Humanity, Limitations, Humility, Investigation, Supernatural“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“Several incidents in my life have convinced me of spiritual interposition – of the promptings of some beneficent force outside ourselves, which tries to help us where it can.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Spirituality, Divine Intervention, Personal Experience, Belief, Supernatural
Arthur Conan Doyle Spirituality, Divine Intervention, Personal Experience, Belief, Supernatural“Jealousy is a strange transformer of characters.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Jealousy, Transformation, Emotion, Character Change, Human Nature
Arthur Conan Doyle Jealousy, Transformation, Emotion, Character Change, Human Nature“I could not rest, Watson, I could not sit quiet in my chair, if I thought that such a man as Professor Moriarty were walking the streets of London unchallenged.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Justice, Duty, Restlessness, Evil, Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle Justice, Duty, Restlessness, Evil, Sherlock Holmes“I never make exceptions. An exception disproves the rule.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Principles, Consistency, Logic, Rules, Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle Principles, Consistency, Logic, Rules, Sherlock Holmes“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“As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Mystery, Crime, Investigation, Perception, Detective Work
Arthur Conan Doyle Mystery, Crime, Investigation, Perception, Detective Work“Nothing could exceed his energy when the working fit was upon him: but now and again a reaction would seize him, and for days on end he would lie upon the sofa in the sitting- room, hardly uttering a word or moving a muscle from morning to night. On these occasions I have noticed such a dreamy, vacant expression in his eyes, that I might have suspected him of being addicted to the use of some narcotic, had not the temperance and cleanliness of his whole life forbidden such a notion.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Energy, Mood Swings, Work Ethic, Character Description, Addiction Suspicion
Arthur Conan Doyle Energy, Mood Swings, Work Ethic, Character Description, Addiction Suspicion“My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes, Knowledge, Detective Work, Expertise, Identity
Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes, Knowledge, Detective Work, Expertise, Identity“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