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
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“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“Why should people ever take credit for charity when they must know that they cannot gain as much pleasure out of their guineas in any other fashion?” Arthur Conan Doyle
Charity, Altruism, Pleasure, Morality, Human Nature
Arthur Conan Doyle Charity, Altruism, Pleasure, Morality, Human Nature“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“The true scientific mind is not to be tied down by its own conditions of time and space. It builds itself an observatory erected upon the border line of present, which separates the infinite past from the infinite future. From this sure post it makes its sallies even to the beginning and to the end of all things. As.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Science, Time, Space, Intellect, Philosophy
Arthur Conan Doyle Science, Time, Space, Intellect, Philosophy“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“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“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“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“It is, of course, a trifle, but there is nothing so important as trifles.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Details, Importance, Observation, Investigation, Detective Work
Arthur Conan Doyle Details, Importance, Observation, Investigation, Detective Work“You will ruin no more lives as you ruined mine. You will wring no more hearts as you wrung mine. I will free the world of a poisonous thing. Take that, you hound, and that! – and that! – and that! – and that!” Arthur Conan Doyle
Revenge, Justice, Retribution, Emotional Outburst, Personal Vendetta
Arthur Conan Doyle Revenge, Justice, Retribution, Emotional Outburst, Personal Vendetta“You seem very qualified, sir, to express the negative one. At the same time I would repeat in my own person the words of Thackeray. He said to some objector: 'What you say is natural, but if you had seen what I have seen you might alter your opinion'. Perhaps sometime you will be able to look into the matter, for your high position in the scientific world would give your opinion great weight.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Perspective, Experience, Opinion, Science, Open-mindedness
Arthur Conan Doyle Perspective, Experience, Opinion, Science, Open-mindedness“The world is big enough for us. No ghosts need apply.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Skepticism, Rationality, Supernatural, Worldview, Pragmatism
Arthur Conan Doyle Skepticism, Rationality, Supernatural, Worldview, Pragmatism“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“A study in scarlet, eh? Why shouldn't we use a little art jargon? There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Murder, Investigation, Metaphor, Detective Work, Life And Death
Arthur Conan Doyle Murder, Investigation, Metaphor, Detective Work, Life And Death“Look at you. Why is the only woman you ever cared about a world-class criminal – are you a masochist?” Arthur Conan Doyle
Love, Criminality, Psychology, Self-destructive Behavior, Relationships
Arthur Conan Doyle Love, Criminality, Psychology, Self-destructive Behavior, Relationships“Depend upon it, there is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Commonplace, Nature, Perception, Uniqueness, Observation
Arthur Conan Doyle Commonplace, Nature, Perception, Uniqueness, Observation“I have already explained to you that what is out of the common is usually a guide rather than a hindrance.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Investigation, Uniqueness, Guidance, Detective Work, Methodology
Arthur Conan Doyle Investigation, Uniqueness, Guidance, Detective Work, Methodology“None knew who belonged to this ruthless society. The names of the participators in the deeds of blood and violence done under the name of religion were kept profoundly secret.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Secrecy, Violence, Religion, Society, Mystery
Arthur Conan Doyle Secrecy, Violence, Religion, Society, Mystery