I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Justice, Law, Morality, Humility, Responsibility
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More Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
“Once or twice in my career I feel that I have done more real harm by my discovery of the criminal than ever he had done by his crime. I have learned caution now, and I had rather play tricks with the law of England than with my own conscience.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Morality, Justice, Conscience, Law Enforcement, Ethical Dilemma
Arthur Conan Doyle Morality, Justice, Conscience, Law Enforcement, Ethical Dilemma“The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult it is to bring it home.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Crime, Investigation, Commonplace, Difficulty, Detection
Arthur Conan Doyle Crime, Investigation, Commonplace, Difficulty, Detection“A strong wind sang sadly as it bent the trees in front of the Hall. A half moon shone through the dark, flying clouds on to the wild and empty moor.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Atmosphere, Nature, Mood, Description, Setting
Arthur Conan Doyle Atmosphere, Nature, Mood, Description, Setting“Well, I'm a bacteriologist, you know. I live in a nine-hundred-diameter microscope. I can hardly claim to take serious notice of anything that I can see with my naked eye.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Perspective, Specialization, Focus, Scientific View, Professional Bias
Arthur Conan Doyle Perspective, Specialization, Focus, Scientific View, Professional Bias“Steel True, Blade Straight.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Integrity, Character, Strength, Moral Code, Personal Motto
Arthur Conan Doyle Integrity, Character, Strength, Moral Code, Personal Motto“The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Humility, Greatness, Self-awareness, Perspective, Human Nature
Arthur Conan Doyle Humility, Greatness, Self-awareness, Perspective, Human Nature“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“How wise and how merciful is that provision of nature by which his earthly anchor is usually loosened by many little imperceptible tugs, until his consciousness has drifted out of its untenable earthly harbor into the great sea beyond!” Arthur Conan Doyle
Death, Nature, Philosophy, Life Cycle, Human Experience
Arthur Conan Doyle Death, Nature, Philosophy, Life Cycle, Human Experience“The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Crime, Appearances, Deception, Rural Life, Hidden Evil
Arthur Conan Doyle Crime, Appearances, Deception, Rural Life, Hidden Evil“We have much to hope from the flowers.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Hope, Nature, Optimism, Beauty, Philosophical Musing
Arthur Conan Doyle Hope, Nature, Optimism, Beauty, Philosophical Musing“The interplay of ideas and the oblique uses of knowledge are often of extraordinary interest. You.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Knowledge, Ideas, Intellectual Curiosity, Learning, Interdisciplinary Thinking
Arthur Conan Doyle Knowledge, Ideas, Intellectual Curiosity, Learning, Interdisciplinary Thinking“There was a brisk northern wind, heavy and wet with the salt of the sea, and he felt, as he turned his face to it, fresh life and strength surging in his blood and bracing his limbs.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Nature, Invigoration, Sea, Weather, Physical Sensation
Arthur Conan Doyle Nature, Invigoration, Sea, Weather, Physical Sensation“It was surely well for man that he came late in the order of creation. There.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Creation, Mankind, Evolution, Timing, Anthropological Perspective
Arthur Conan Doyle Creation, Mankind, Evolution, Timing, Anthropological Perspective“It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery. The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious, because it presents no new or special features from which deductions may be drawn.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Mystery, Commonplace, Investigation, Deduction, Crime Solving
Arthur Conan Doyle Mystery, Commonplace, Investigation, Deduction, Crime Solving“My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Boredom, Excitement, Problems, Existence, Intellectual Stimulation
Arthur Conan Doyle Boredom, Excitement, Problems, Existence, Intellectual Stimulation“It is all very well to say that a man is clever, but the reader wants to see examples of it...” Arthur Conan Doyle
Cleverness, Proof, Writing, Demonstration, Reader Expectation
Arthur Conan Doyle Cleverness, Proof, Writing, Demonstration, Reader Expectation“I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Mind, Knowledge, Memory, Learning, Mental Organization
Arthur Conan Doyle Mind, Knowledge, Memory, Learning, Mental Organization“Was it hardness, was it selfishness, that she should ask me to risk my life for her own glorification? Such thoughts may come to middle age; but never to ardent three-and-twenty in the fever of his first love.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Love, Youth, Risk, Selfishness, Age Difference
Arthur Conan Doyle Love, Youth, Risk, Selfishness, Age Difference