Quotes from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

She has the face of the most beautiful of women, and the mind of the most resolute of men.

Stand with me here upon the terrace, for it may be the last quiet talk that we shall ever have

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognises genius.

Era, por tanto, libre como una alondra -es decir, todo lo libre que se puede ser con un ingreso diario de once chelines y medio-.

Leaning back in the cab, this amateur bloodhound carolled away like a lark while I mediated upon the many-sidedness of the human mind.

Nuestra mente debe ser tan libre como la misma naturaleza- Sherlock Holmes, Estudio en escarlata

It's every man's business to see justice done.

I cannot at the moment recall any possible blunder which you have omitted. From His Last Bow

Como a las polillas, a todos nos gusta revolotear en torno a la luz.

What a blind beetle I have been, not to draw my conclusion. And what is your conclusion? Only that it is a remarkable cow which walks, canters, and gallops.

Mi querido Watson, no estoy de acuerdo con los que opinan que la modestia es una virtud. Para la mente lógica, todo debería verse exactamente tal como es, y subestimarse es algo tan lejano de la realidad como exagerar nuestras propias facultades.

when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? (The Sign of the Four, page 111)

We reach. We gasp. And what is left in our hands at the end? A shadow. Or a worse than a shadow - misery.

Ahora que me ha puesto usted al corriente, haré lo posible por olvidarlo

My nerves tingled with the sense of adventure. Throwing aside my cigarette, I closed my hand upon the butt of my revolver, and, walking swiftly up the door, I looked in.

That's rather a broad idea, I remarked. One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature, he answered.

I am inclined to think--' said I. I should do so, Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently. I believe I am one of the most long-suffering of mortals; but I'll admit I was annoyed at the sardonic interruption. 'Really, Holmes,' said I severely, 'you are a little trying at times.

Y, cuando habla de Irene Adler, o se refiere a su fotografía, utiliza siempre el honorable título de <>.

love is an emotional experience and everything emotional is contradictory to my methods. I will never marry in order to avoid contaminating my judgement Sherlock Holmes

I have already explained to you that what is out of the common is usually a guide rather than a hindrance.There are fifty who can reason synthetically for one who can read analytically.

I pray that his lot may be a happier one in that life than it has been in this.

A man cannot spin a character out of his own inner consciousness and make it really lifelike unless he has some possibilities of that character within him.

Malo, muy malo a de ser el hombre que no tenga una mujer que le llore.

You are as thin as a lath and as brown as a nut