Quotes from Conan Doyle

Moriarty: . . .everything I have to say has already crossed your mind.

È una mia vecchia massima che, una volta escluso l'impossibile, ciò che resta, per quanto improbabile, non può essere che la verità ».

Get your hat, he said. - You wish me to come? - Yes, if you have nothing better to do.

Fui attratto da Londra, quel grande pozzo nero dal quale tutti i perdigiorno e gli sfaccendati dell'Impero vengono irresistibilmente inghiottiti.

A volte sono depresso e non apro bocca per giorni. In quei casi, non deve pensare che sia di cattivo umore. Basta lasciarmi stare e presto mi passa.

Men scorn what they don't understand.

le mauvais goût mène au crime (Thaddeus Sholto)

Dr. Watson, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, said Stamford, introducing us. - How are you? he said cordially, gripping my hand with a strength for which I should hardly have given him credit. You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive.

To the seeing eye decay is as fair as growth, and death as life.

Watson-dijo-, si en alguna ocasión le parece que peco en exceso de confianza en mis facultades o que le presto menos atención de la que merece un caso, le ruego que me susurre al oído la palabra <>. Le quedaré infinitamente agradecido.

estuvimos paseando juntos dos horas, la mayor parte del tiempo sin hablar, como corresponde entre dos hombres que se conocen íntimamente.

Rache,' is the German for 'revenge;' so don't lose your time looking for Miss Rachel

Existe una roja hebra criminal en la madeja incolora de la vida, y nuestra misión consiste en desenredarla, aislarla, y poner al descubierto sus más insignificantes sinuosidades.

A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to need, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.

The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest.