Quotes from Arthur Conan Doyle

I must really apologize, Hopkins," said Sherlock Holmes. "I fear that the scrambled eggs are cold. However, you will enjoy the rest of your breakfast all the better, will you not, for the thought that you have brought your case to a triumphant conclusion.

These relics have a history then?' 'So much so that they are history.

It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.

genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains

Look here, Watson; you look regularly done. Lie down there on the sofa, and see if I can put you to sleep." He took up his violin from the corner, and as I stretched myself out he began to play some low, dreamy, melodious air,—his own, no doubt, for he had a remarkable gift for improvisation. I have a vague remembrance of his gaunt limbs, his earnest face, and the rise and fall of his bow.

I knew perfectly well what it was over which he was brooding.

Pero el amor es una cosa emocional y todo lo que es emocional se opone a ese frío razonamiento que me parece la cualidad más importante del hombre y que antepongo a lo demás

No information could be got from the lady herself, who was temporarily insane from an acute attack of brain fever.

at this hour of the morning, and knock sleepy people up out of their beds, I presume that it is

Orang berkemampuan rata-rata tidak tahu apa-apa yang lebih tinggi daripada dirinya. Tapi, orang berbakat selalu bisa menyadari suatu kegeniusan.

Le mauvais goût mene au crime.

You then went to the vicarage, waited outside it for some time, and finally returned to your cottage." "How do you know that?" "I followed you." "I saw no one." "That is what you may expect to see when I follow you.

that for strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.

You seem very anxious to lose your life." "To justify my life, Sir.

Draw your chair up and hand me my violin, for the only problem we have still to solve is how to while away these bleak autumnal evenings.

Thank God!" I ejaculated from my very heart.

To my surprise, the young lady held up her gloved hand to detain me. If your friend, she said, would be good enough to stop, he might be of inestimable service to me.

And a singularly consistent investigation you have made, my dear Watson," said he. "I cannot at the moment recall any possible blunder which you have omitted. The total effect of your proceeding has been to give the alarm everywhere and yet to discover nothing.

I waited all day without news of him. That night, on the advice of the manager of the hotel, I communicated with the police, and next morning we advertised in all the papers. Our inquiries led to no result; and from that day to this no word has ever been heard of my unfortunate father. He came home with his heart full of hope, to find some peace, some comfort, and instead— She put

After all, important fresh evidence is a two-edged thing, and may possibly cut in a very different direction to that which Lestrade imagines. Take your breakfast, Watson, and we will go out together and see what we can do. I feel as if I shall need your company and your moral support today.

If they are too many for us, we shall take two or three of them with us.

It shows him to be a very wealthy man. How did he acquire wealth? He is unmarried. His younger brother is a station master in the west of England. His chair is worth seven hundred a year.

It is my business to know things. That is my trade.

slowly reopened his eyes and looked impatiently at his gigantic client. "If your Majesty would condescend to state your case," he remarked, "I should be better able to advise you." The man sprang from