“Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo
Ipse domi stimul ac nummos contemplar in arca.
(The public hiss at me, but I cheer myself when in my own house I contemplate the coins in my strong-box.)”
― A Study in Scarlet
Ipse domi stimul ac nummos contemplar in arca.
(The public hiss at me, but I cheer myself when in my own house I contemplate the coins in my strong-box.)”
― A Study in Scarlet
“This wine is too good for toast-drinking, my dear. You don't want to mix emotions up with a wine like that. You lose the taste.”
― The Sun Also Rises
― The Sun Also Rises
“Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.”
― A Study in Scarlet
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.”
― A Study in Scarlet
“Everyone is alone. Everyone is empty. People no longer have need of others. You can always find a spare for any talent. Any relationship can be replaced. I had gotten bored of a world like that. But for some reason... The thought that someone other than you might kill me never occurred to me. (Makishima Shogo)”
― 監視官 常守朱 1 [Kanshikan Akane Tsunemori]
― 監視官 常守朱 1 [Kanshikan Akane Tsunemori]
“Wir sind gewohnt dass die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen. (Goethe)—We are used to see that Man mocks what he never comprehends.”
― The Sign of Four
― The Sign of Four
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