This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Social Obligation, Boredom, Honesty, Cynicism, Human Interaction
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“It is easy to be wise after the event.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Hindsight, Wisdom, Retrospection, Learning Experience, After-the-fact Knowledge
Arthur Conan Doyle Hindsight, Wisdom, Retrospection, Learning Experience, After-the-fact Knowledge“It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Admiration, Intellect, Unusual Compliment, Scientific Interest, Skull Study
Arthur Conan Doyle Admiration, Intellect, Unusual Compliment, Scientific Interest, Skull Study“For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Life, Imagination, Reality, Extraordinary, Human Experience
Arthur Conan Doyle Life, Imagination, Reality, Extraordinary, Human Experience“The Times is a paper which is seldom found in any hands but those of the highly educated.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Education, Social Class, Newspaper, Reading Habits, Cultural Observation
Arthur Conan Doyle Education, Social Class, Newspaper, Reading Habits, Cultural Observation“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“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“Great sorrow or great joy should bring intense hunger – not abstinence from food, as our novelists will have it.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Emotion, Appetite, Literature Criticism, Human Nature, Physiology
Arthur Conan Doyle Emotion, Appetite, Literature Criticism, Human Nature, Physiology“Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Truth, Doubt, Certainty, Knowledge, Wisdom
Arthur Conan Doyle Truth, Doubt, Certainty, Knowledge, Wisdom“It is just all the difference between happiness and misery," said Challenger with an abstracted face, still patting his wife's hand. "You can swim with the tide and have peace in mind and soul, or you can thrust against it and be bruised and weary. This business is beyond us, so let us accept it as it stands and say no more.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Acceptance, Happiness, Struggle, Philosophy, Life Advice
Arthur Conan Doyle Acceptance, Happiness, Struggle, Philosophy, Life Advice“I get in the dumps at times, and don't open my mouth for days on end. You must not think I am sulky when I do that. Just let me alone, and I'll soon be right.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Depression, Solitude, Mood Swings, Personality, Self-awareness
Arthur Conan Doyle Depression, Solitude, Mood Swings, Personality, Self-awareness“There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Eccentricity, Diversity, Society, Human Nature, Unconventional People
Arthur Conan Doyle Eccentricity, Diversity, Society, Human Nature, Unconventional People“I think there are certain crimes which the law cannot touch, and which therefore, to some extent, justify private revenge.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Justice, Revenge, Law, Morality, Crime
Arthur Conan Doyle Justice, Revenge, Law, Morality, Crime“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“Hot hate is twin brother to hot love.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Emotion, Love, Hate, Human Nature, Passion
Arthur Conan Doyle Emotion, Love, Hate, Human Nature, Passion“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
Arthur Conan Doyle Marriage, Humor, Odd Behavior, Domestic Dispute, Human Quirks“What one man can invent, another can discover.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Invention, Discovery, Human Potential, Progress, Intellectual Pursuit
Arthur Conan Doyle Invention, Discovery, Human Potential, Progress, Intellectual Pursuit“We can't do these things in the force, Mr. Holmes," said he. "No wonder you get results that are beyond us. But some of these days you'll go too far, and you'll find yourself and your friend in trouble." "For England, home and beauty – eh, Watson? Martyrs on the altar of our country.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Risk-taking, Patriotism, Law Enforcement, Unconventional Methods, Heroic Sacrifice
Arthur Conan Doyle Risk-taking, Patriotism, Law Enforcement, Unconventional Methods, Heroic Sacrifice“It is the sweetest spring within the memory of man. So green, so mild, so beautiful! Ah, what a contrast between nature without and my own soul so torn with doubt and terror!” Arthur Conan Doyle
Nature, Contrast, Inner Turmoil, Beauty, Emotional State
Arthur Conan Doyle Nature, Contrast, Inner Turmoil, Beauty, Emotional State