Quotes from Arthur Conan Doyle

sister died of the dropsy which had long afflicted her. That will be for a coroner to decide.

disappointment, manifested no further interest in her when once she had ceased to be the centre of one of his problems, and she is now the head of a private school at Walsall, where I believe that she has met with considerable success.

De qué sirve tener talento, doctor, si no se tiene campo en el que aplicarlo?

I have no more notion than you how long it is to last, Holmes answered with some asperity. If criminals would always schedule their movements like railway trains, it would certainly be more convenient for all of us.

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not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.' 'But

fact appears to be opposed to a long train of deductions, it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some other interpretation.

Las cuestiones emocionales son enemigas del razonamiento claro.

Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.

Son los delitos corrientes, sin rasgos característicos, los que de verdad confunden, del mismo modo que un rostro corriente es el más difícil de identificar.

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 have a curious constitution. I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely.

I shall glance into the case for you," said Holmes, rising, "and I have no doubt that we shall reach some definite result. Let the weight of the matter rest upon me now, and do not let your mind dwell upon it further.

Ahora debía de tener veintisiete, una edad espléndida, cuando la juventud ha perdido su arrogancia y se vuelve algo más sensata gracias a la experiencia.

It is a romance! cried Mrs. Forrester. An injured lady, half a million in treasure, a black cannibal, and a wooden-legged ruffian. They take the place of the conventional dragon or wicked earl.

Some friend of yours, perhaps? Except yourself I have none, he answered. I do not encourage visitors.

for in days when books were few and readers scarce, a long memory and a ready tongue were of the more value;

I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

Brain, character, soul - only as one sees more of life does one understand how distinct each is.

Confío en no ser más torpe que mis semejantes, pero siempre me oprimía una sensación de estupidez al tratar con Sherlock Holmes.

now is rather a questionable one. And thus was solved the mystery of the sinister house with the copper beeches in front of the door. Mr. Rucastle survived

Nada resulta más engañoso que un hecho evidente», Sherlock Holmes.

He slipped an emerald snake ring from his finger and held it out upon the palm of his hand. "Your Majesty has something which I should value even more highly," said Holmes.

there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.