Quotes from Arthur Conan Doyle

There was but one problem before the public which could challenge his powers of analysis, and that was the singular disappearance of the favorite for the Wessex Cup, and the tragic murder of its trainer.

could not ascend. Swiftly I threw off my clothes, pulled on those of a beggar, and put on my pigments and wig. Even a wife's eyes could not pierce so complete a disguise. But then it occurred to me that there might be a search in the room, and that the clothes might betray me. I threw open the window, reopening by my violence a small cut which I had inflicted upon myself in the bedroom that morning. Then I seized my

Quien se guiase por la lógica podría inferir de una gota de agua la existencia de un océano Atlántico o de un Niágara sin necesidad de haberlos visto u oído hablar de ellos. Toda la vida es, asimismo, una cadena cuya naturaleza conoceremos siempre a partir de uno solo de sus eslabones.

If the confidence of children can be gained, and they are led to speak freely, it is surprising how many claim to have seen fairies.

if a man wants friends be must go among strangers. It's

The proper study of mankind is man,' you know.

I crave for mental exaltation.

We balance probabilities and choose the most likely. It is the scientific use of the imagination.

a universe implies the existence of a universe maker, and

Es una equivocación garrafal elaborar teorías antes de disponer de todos los elementos de juicio, porque así es como éste se tuerse en un determinado sentido.

It is bad enough to have a bear in your house, but it does not seem to me to mend matters if you call in a pack of ferocious wolves as well.

an unbeliever may be as bigoted as any of the orthodox, and

a man may be very dogmatic in his opposition to dogma. Such

Now, Watson, said he, we have picked up two clues this morning. One is the bicycle with the Palmer tyre, and we see what that has led to. The other is the bicycle with the patched Dunlop. Before we start to investigate that, let us try to realize what we do know, so as to make the most of it, and to separate the essential from the accidental.

Speaking professionally, it was admirably done. -John H. Watson- -The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes-

flying here, there, and everywhere

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

Sufficient for to-morrow is the evil thereof; but I hope before the day is past to have the upper hand at last.

Truly, the old maid is a most useful person, one of the reserve forces of the community. They talk of the superfluous woman, but what would the poor superfluous man do without her kindly presence?

Si queremos encontrar efectos extraños y combinaciones extraordinarias, debemos buscarlos en la vida misma, que siempre es más atrevida que cualquier ezfuerzo de la imaginación

I'm not going to tell you much more of the case, Doctor. You know a conjuror gets no credit when once he has explained his trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all.

It is, however, when the human soul is ploughed and harrowed by suffering that the seeds of truth may be planted

So alarming did the state of my finances become, that I soon realized that I must either leave the metropolis and rusticate somewhere in the country, or that I must make a complete alteration in my style of living.

Es un error emitir teorías antes de tener datos