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“It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.”
― Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection
― Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection
“Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby
Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.”
― The Temple
Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.”
― The Temple
“There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.”
― The Complete Sherlock Holmes
― The Complete Sherlock Holmes
“... arbitrarily creating 'nation states' out of people unused to living together in one region is not a recipe for justice, equality and stability.”
― Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
― Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
“Be calm in arguing: for fierceness makes
Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.”
― The Temple: The Poetry of George Herbert
Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.”
― The Temple: The Poetry of George Herbert
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