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“His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing... My surprise reached a climax, however, when I found incidentally that he was ignorant of the Copernican Theory and of the composition of the Solar System.”
― A Study in Scarlet
― A Study in Scarlet
“How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?”
― The Sign of Four
― The Sign of Four
“I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of daily life.”
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“It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn.”
― A Study in Scarlet
― A Study in Scarlet
“My mind," he said, "rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession, or rather created it, for I am the only one in the world.”
― The Sign of Four
― The Sign of Four
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