From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other. – Arthur Conan Doyle
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. – Arthur Conan Doyle
Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another. – Arthur Conan Doyle
To the man who loves art for its own sake, it is frequently in its least important and lowliest manifestations that the keenest pleasure is to be derived. – Arthur Conan Doyle
Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. – Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren. – Arthur Conan Doyle
My mind 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. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. – Arthur Conan Doyle
I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children. – Arthur Conan Doyle
I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. – Arthur Conan Doyle
You will, I am sure, agree with me that… if page 534 only finds us in the second chapter, the length of the first one must have been really intolerable. – Arthur Conan Doyle
Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them. – Arthur Conan Doyle
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. – Arthur Conan Doyle
For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination. – Arthur Conan Doyle
I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner. – Arthur Conan Doyle
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. – Arthur Conan Doyle
The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside. – Arthur Conan Doyle
