Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

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

― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles

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“Brain, character, soul—only as one sees more of life does one understand how distinct is each.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World

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“There is a mystery about this which stimulates the imagination; where there is no imagination there is no horror.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

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“Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear

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“There is no satisfaction in vengeance unless the offender has time to realize who it is that strikes him, and why retribution has come upon him.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

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“It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery. The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious because it presents no new or special features from which deductions may be drawn.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

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“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal in Bohemia

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“It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

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“There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles

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