Quotes from Arthur Conan Doyle

Consideraría impertinente que sometiese a una prueba más severa sus teorías? —Todo lo contrario —me contestó—; con ello me evitaría una segunda dosis de cocaína.

The sun had long set, but one blood-red gash like an open wound lay low in the distant west.

was a bustling center of commerce and western influence in pre-modern China. Today it is the center of business in modern day China.

becomes a mathematical certainty. You can, for example, never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to.

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

Talk away, Mr. Holmes. I'm just loving it. It's fine!

Cuando has eliminado lo imposible, lo que queda, por muy improbable que parezca, tiene que ser la verdad.

My friend had listened with amused surprise to this long speech, which was poured forth with extraordinary vigour and earnestness, every point being driven home by the slapping of a brawny hand upon the speaker's knee. When our visitor was silent Holmes stretched out his hand and took down letter "S" of his commonplace book. For once he dug in vain into that mine of varied information.

The same singularly proud and reserved nature which turned away with disdain from popular notoriety was capable of being moved to its depths by spontaneous wonder and praise from a friend.

But I have seen more than that,' said he, 'for Hugo Baskerville passed me upon his black mare, and there ran mute behind him such a hound of hell as God forbid should ever be at my heels.

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing.

El hombre no es nada, la obra lo es todo.

One should always look for a possible alternative, and provide against it. It is the first rule of criminal investigation.

En enkelt gang er De sunket dybt. Lad nu fremtiden vise, hvor højt De kan nå op.

Chaldean roots which are surely to be traced in the Cornish branch of the great Celtic speech.

Why," said I, glancing up at my companion, "that was surely the bell. Who could come tonight? Some friend of yours, perhaps?" "Except yourself I have none," he answered. "I do not encourage visitors.

No hay nada tan engañoso como un hecho evidente -respondió

Well, really, this is a very pretty little mystery! What

My collection of M's is a fine one," said he. "Moriarty himself is enough to make any letter illustrious, and here is Morgan the poisoner, and Merridew of abominable memory, and Mathews, who knocked out my left canine in the waiting-room at Charing Cross, and, finally, here is our friend of to-night.

screened by a young beech. Where the two walls joined, several bricks had been loosened, and the crevices left were worn down and rounded upon the lower side, as though they had frequently been used as a ladder. Holmes clambered up, and taking the dog from me he dropped it over upon the other side. "There's the print of Wooden-leg's

WE met next day as he had arranged, and inspected the rooms at No. 221B, [5] Baker Street, of which he had spoken at our meeting. They consisted of a couple of comfortable bed-rooms and a single large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and illuminated by two broad windows. So desirable in every way were the apartments, and so moderate did the terms seem when divided between us, that the bargain was concluded upon the spot, and we at once entered into possession.

No, it's this poisonous atmosphere. I suppose it is pretty thick, now that you mention it.

221B, Baker Street

while the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty