“My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.”
― The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
― The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
“Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.”
― The Adventure of the Copper Beeches - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
― The Adventure of the Copper Beeches - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
“On every question of construction (of the Constitution) let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit of the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed.”
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“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
“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.”
― The Valley of Fear
― The Valley of Fear
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