Quotes from Arthur Conan Doyle

Se diría que habita en su persona la pasión por el conocimiento detallado y preciso.

a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it.

Nuestras ideas deben ser tan amplias como la naturaleza si aspiran a interpretarla.

Nada hay nuevo bajo el sol... Cada acto o cada cosa tiene un precedente en el pasado.

have wrought my simple plan      If I give one hour of joy To the boy who's half a man,      Or the man who's half a boy.

Dr. Watson, Mr. Sherlock Holmes,' said Stamford, introducing us.

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My sister and I, you will recollect, were twins, and you know how subtle are the links which bind two souls which are so closely allied

É um grande erro teorizar antes de ter todos os indícios. Prejudica o raciocínio.

society with his whole Bohemian soul, remained in our lodgings in Baker Street, buried among his old books, and alternating from

Ah, I am wandering! Strange how the brain controls the brain! What was I saying, Watson?

There's an east wind coming, Watson." "I think not, Holmes. It is very warm." "Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age. There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it's God's own wind none the less, and a cleaner, better, stronger land will lie in the sunshine when the storm has cleared.

But a sportin' risk, young fellah, that's the salt of existence. Then it's worth livin' again. We're all gettin' a deal too soft and dull and comfy. Give me the great waste lands and the wide spaces, with a gun in my fist and somethin' to look for that's worth findin'.

What do you wish to draw my attention to? To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time. The dog did nothing in the night-time. That was the curious incident, remarked Sherlock Holmes.

De todos los fantasmas, los de nuestros antiguos amores son los más dolorosos.

Hotel Cosmopolitan Jewel Robbery. John Horner, 26, plumber, was brought up upon the charge of having upon the 22nd inst.

I owe you both my thanks and an apology. It was an unjustifiable experiment even for one's self, and doubly so for a friend. I am really very sorry.

El conocimiento siempre da más conocimiento, del mismo modo que el dinero da más interés.

Das sind Leute, die immer Erfolg haben, ohne daß man weiß, wie er zustande kommt. Die Leute arbeiten mit Einbildungskraft anstatt mit nackten Tatsachen.«

What did you do. Hopkins, after you had made certain that you had made certain of nothing?

The advertisement was to be answered by letter only. I sent in my testimonial and application, but without the least hope of getting it. Back came an answer by return, saying that if I would appear next Monday I might take over my new duties at once, provided that my appearance was satisfactory. No one knows how these things are worked. Some people say that the manager just plunges his hand into the heap and takes the first that comes.

Well," said I, "you call that love, Mr. Carruthers, but I should call it selfishness." "Maybe the two things go together.

Are you well up in your Jean Paul?

There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done. It's for men to do them, and for women to reserve their love as a reward for such men.