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J.B. Varney
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“The children of kings are born with crowns on their heads,” I said, “and the people are born with saddles on their backs.”[63] “The three Juwes are at once reminiscent of Rumbold of old, as we saw,” my friend said, “and also of the more modern Nietzsche, with his idea of the over-men, who have moved beyond the power of the old morals and rules.[64] No doubt they have been convinced that it is only right that the law shields them, even while it holds others to the letter of the law. Still, I’ve lived long enough to see that justice, which is distinct from the law, can sometimes prove deucedly difficult for the guilty to outrun.”
― Sherlock Holmes The Dark Adagio: A Sherlock Holmes Resurgent Mystery
― Sherlock Holmes The Dark Adagio: A Sherlock Holmes Resurgent Mystery
“Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you, for in the same way did their fathers speak of the false prophets.”[3] “It has been my experience,” Holmes observed, “that few men are ever as good, or as bad, as the general clamor has it, and opinions tend to be a window into the minds of those who judge.”
― Sherlock Holmes Mystery on the Mauretania: A Sherlock Holmes Resurgent Mystery
― Sherlock Holmes Mystery on the Mauretania: A Sherlock Holmes Resurgent Mystery
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