The husband was a teetotaller, there was no other woman, and the conduct complained of was that he had drifted into the habit of winding up every meal by taking out his false teeth and hurling them at his wife.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Marriage, Humor, Odd Behavior, Domestic Dispute, Human Quirks
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“Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Violence, Karma, Justice, Consequences, Moral Philosophy
Arthur Conan Doyle Violence, Karma, Justice, Consequences, Moral Philosophy“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“I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Individuality, Communication, Independence, Personal Responsibility, Assertiveness
Arthur Conan Doyle Individuality, Communication, Independence, Personal Responsibility, Assertiveness“The best way of successfully acting a part is to be it.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Acting, Success, Authenticity, Method Acting, Role Playing
Arthur Conan Doyle Acting, Success, Authenticity, Method Acting, Role Playing“It's true that you set us on the right track; but you'll own now that it was more by good luck than good guidance.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Luck, Guidance, Success, Credit, Humble Admission
Arthur Conan Doyle Luck, Guidance, Success, Credit, Humble Admission“I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Intuition, Analysis, Gender, Observation, Detective Work
Arthur Conan Doyle Intuition, Analysis, Gender, Observation, Detective Work“I care not how humble your bookshelf may be, nor how lowly the room which it adorns. Close the door of that room behind you, shut off with it all the cares of the outer world, plunge back into the soothing company of the great dead, and then you are through the magic portal into that fair land whither worry and vexation can follow you no more.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Reading, Escapism, Books, Solace, Intellectual Refuge
Arthur Conan Doyle Reading, Escapism, Books, Solace, Intellectual Refuge“Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Education, Lifelong Learning, Wisdom, Personal Growth, Knowledge
Arthur Conan Doyle Education, Lifelong Learning, Wisdom, Personal Growth, Knowledge“The grand thing is to be able to reason backwards.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Reasoning, Deduction, Logic, Detective Work, Intellectual Skill
Arthur Conan Doyle Reasoning, Deduction, Logic, Detective Work, Intellectual Skill“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“There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Heroism, Opportunity, Everyday Life, Inspiration, Human Potential
Arthur Conan Doyle Heroism, Opportunity, Everyday Life, Inspiration, Human Potential“The approach to the offices of Girdlestone and Co. was not a very dignified one, nor would the uninitiated who traversed it form any conception of the commercial prosperity of the firm in question.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Appearances, Deception, Prosperity, First Impressions, Business Success
Arthur Conan Doyle Appearances, Deception, Prosperity, First Impressions, Business Success“Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Evil, Women, Mourning, Character Judgment, Relationships
Arthur Conan Doyle Evil, Women, Mourning, Character Judgment, Relationships“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“Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Clarity, Communication, Problem-solving, Investigation, Collaboration
Arthur Conan Doyle Clarity, Communication, Problem-solving, Investigation, Collaboration“Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Love, Memory, Regret, Haunting, Emotional Pain
Arthur Conan Doyle Love, Memory, Regret, Haunting, Emotional Pain“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“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