As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle quote A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle quote A long shot, Watson, a very long shot!
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle quote From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle quote Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle quote There is nothing as deceptive as an obvious fact.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle quote It is horrible, yet fascinating, this struggle between a set purpose and an utterly exhausted frame.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle quote Biography
Wrote the famous 'Sherlock Holmes' detective stories