It is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is a book of sermons.
Arthur Conan Doyle
History, Wisdom, Nations, Individuals, Learning
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“This fellow will not go wrong again; he is too terribly frightened. Send him to gaol now, and you make him a gaol-bird for life. Besides, it is the season of forgiveness. Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and its solution is its own reward.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Justice, Forgiveness, Rehabilitation, Problem-solving, Moral Decision
Arthur Conan Doyle Justice, Forgiveness, Rehabilitation, Problem-solving, Moral Decision“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 ways of fate are indeed hard to understand. If there is not some compensation hereafter, then the world is a cruel jest.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Fate, Philosophy, Afterlife, Justice, Existential Musings
Arthur Conan Doyle Fate, Philosophy, Afterlife, Justice, Existential Musings“When one tries to rise above Nature one is liable to fall below it.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Nature, Ambition, Humility, Balance, Human Limitations
Arthur Conan Doyle Nature, Ambition, Humility, Balance, Human Limitations“If she were seventeen at the time of her father's disappearance she must be seven-and-twenty now – a sweet age, when youth has lost its self-consciousness and become a little sobered by experience.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Age, Maturity, Experience, Youth, Personal Growth
Arthur Conan Doyle Age, Maturity, Experience, Youth, Personal Growth“The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Crime, Investigation, Purpose, Detective Work, Challenge
Arthur Conan Doyle Crime, Investigation, Purpose, Detective Work, Challenge“It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Details, Importance, Observation, Detective Work, Life Philosophy
Arthur Conan Doyle Details, Importance, Observation, Detective Work, Life Philosophy“Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Detective Work, Science, Emotion, Methodology, Professionalism
Arthur Conan Doyle Detective Work, Science, Emotion, Methodology, Professionalism“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 see, but you do not observe.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Observation, Perception, Awareness, Detective Skills, Attention To Detail
Arthur Conan Doyle Observation, Perception, Awareness, Detective Skills, Attention To Detail“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“I have taken to living by my wits.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Intelligence, Adaptability, Survival, Resourcefulness, Self-reliance
Arthur Conan Doyle Intelligence, Adaptability, Survival, Resourcefulness, Self-reliance“There are times, young fellah, when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Justice, Morality, Courage, Human Rights, Personal Integrity
Arthur Conan Doyle Justice, Morality, Courage, Human Rights, Personal Integrity“Now is the dramatic moment of fate, Watson, when you hear a step upon the stair which is walking into your life, and you know not whether for good or ill.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Fate, Destiny, Anticipation, Life-changing Moments, Uncertainty
Arthur Conan Doyle Fate, Destiny, Anticipation, Life-changing Moments, Uncertainty“So all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are shown a link of it.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Life, Interconnectedness, Understanding, Philosophy, Observation
Arthur Conan Doyle Life, Interconnectedness, Understanding, Philosophy, Observation“Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Knowledge, Memory, Learning, Wisdom, Mental Capacity
Arthur Conan Doyle Knowledge, Memory, Learning, Wisdom, Mental Capacity“Picnics are very dear to those who are in the first stage of the tender passion.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Love, Romance, Nature, Courtship, Human Behavior
Arthur Conan Doyle Love, Romance, Nature, Courtship, Human Behavior“From the instant that we passed the rise, we could no longer see the vehicle, but we hastened onward at such a pace that my sedentary life began to tell upon me, and I was compelled to fall behind. Holmes, however, was always in training, for he had inexhaustible stores of nervous energy upon which to draw.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Endurance, Fitness, Energy, Physical Condition, Mental Strength
Arthur Conan Doyle Endurance, Fitness, Energy, Physical Condition, Mental Strength