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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...more

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On glancing over my notes of the seventy odd cases in which I have during the last eight years studied the methods of my friend Sherlock Holmes, I fin...more

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Picnics are very dear to those who are in the first stage of the tender passion.

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What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence, the question is what you can make people believe that you have done.

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My job is to know what other people do not know.

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It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of ...more

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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 ...more

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To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces. The sea air, sunshine, and patience, Watson—all...more

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I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research.

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Accounts are not quite settled between us," said she, with a passion that equaled my own. "I can love, and I can hate. You had your choice. You chose ...more

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For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.

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Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.

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Do you remember what Darwin says about music? He claims that the power of producing and appreciating it existed among the human race long before the p...more

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Dr. Watson's summary list of Sherlock Holmes's strengths and weaknesses:"1. Knowledge of Literature: Nil.2. Knowledge of Philosophy: Nil.3. Knowledge ...more

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Desultory readers are seldom remarkable for the exactness of their learning.