Classics Without All the Class discussion

As I read A Study in Scarlet I saw this quote:

"There is nothing new under the sun. It has all been done before."

I'm sure there will be more, but had to share while I thought about it.

"You may remember the old Persian
saying, 'There is danger for him who taketh the
tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.' "

I found this one interesting from the five orange pips:

“As evening drew in, the storm grew higher and louder, and the wind cried and sobbed like a child in the chimney”

Excerpt From: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.” iBooks.

From the Boscombe Valley Mystery, I liked this short one:
"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact."

Laura, I also like the quote about eliminating the impossible. I feel that deductive reasoning applies to so many situation.

From 'A Scandal in Bohemia' - "We were engaged upon our toast and coffee in the morning when the King of Bohemia rushed into the room." I love the glorious Victorian stuffiness of the "engaged upon our toast" and the sheer Pythonesque-ness of the King of Bohemia barging in on one's breakfast.

Thanks Laura. I'm finding the language as enjoyable as the characters and plots, as I did with the Wharton and Dickens books too.

"What's up?" - Holmes in The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor. I'm listening to some of the stories this morning, and was startled to hear this "modern" phrase in amongst the old-fashioned language.

I don't know that it's especially quotable, but there is one sentence which sends a chill down my spine every time I read it:

"Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!"

The Hound Of The Baskervilles (what else?!)