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“It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.”
― The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
― The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
“I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within.”
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“Where there is no imagination, there is no horror.”
― A Study in Scarlet
― A Study in Scarlet
“Why should you go further in it? What have you to gain from it?'
'What, indeed? It is art for art's sake, Watson. I suppose when you doctored, you found yourself studying cases without thought of a fee?'
'For my education, Holmes.'
'Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons with the greatest for the last.”
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'What, indeed? It is art for art's sake, Watson. I suppose when you doctored, you found yourself studying cases without thought of a fee?'
'For my education, Holmes.'
'Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons with the greatest for the last.”
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