A Study in Scarlet Quotes

“there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

topic:knowledge memory

“His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

topic:knowledge philosophy ignorance politics

“If you were asked to prove that two and two made four, you might find some difficulty, and yet you are quite sure of the fact.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

topic:knowledge

“I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air—or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

topic:freedom money

“The sight of a friendly face in the great wilderness of London is a pleasant thing indeed to a lonely man.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

topic:friendship loneliness

“genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

topic:pain

“One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

topic:nature

“Let us see if there is justice upon the earth, or if we are ruled by chance.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

topic:world justice

“No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

topic:reason mind thought

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

― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

topic:belief appearance

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