“No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so.”
― A Study in Scarlet
― A Study in Scarlet
“They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work.”
― A Study in Scarlet
― A Study in Scarlet
“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.”
― A Study in Scarlet
― A Study in Scarlet
“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. This murder would have been infinitely more difficult to unravel had the body of the victim been simply found lying in the roadway without any of those outré and sensational accompaniments which have rendered it remarkable. These strange details, far from making the case more difficult, have really had the effect of making it less so.”
― A Study in Scarlet
― A Study in Scarlet
“His Ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.”
― A Study in Scarlet
― A Study in Scarlet
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