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44 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes About Life (LOVE)

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“My mind 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. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.”

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.Pin
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.Pin
When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.Pin
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.Pin
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.Pin
Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.Pin
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.Pin
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.
It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.Pin
It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical faculty.Pin
I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical faculty.

7 Wise Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes (WISDOM)

“A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.”

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
To a great mind, nothing is little.Pin
To a great mind, nothing is little.
Where there is no imagination there is no horror.Pin
Where there is no imagination there is no horror.
Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.Pin
Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.
It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.Pin
It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.
It’s every man’s business to see justice done.Pin
It’s every man’s business to see justice done.
I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.Pin
I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.

7 Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes About Life

“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.”

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.Pin
For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.
What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.Pin
What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.
Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.Pin
Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.
There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.Pin
There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.
The most dangerous condition for a man or a nation is when his intellectual side is more developed than his spiritual. Is that not exactly the condition of the world todayPin
The most dangerous condition for a man or a nation is when his intellectual side is more developed than his spiritual. Is that not exactly the condition of the world today?
You see, but you do not observe.Pin
You see, but you do not observe.

2 Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes on Love

We can't command our love, but we can our actions.Pin
We can’t command our love, but we can our actions.
Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.Pin
Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.

7 Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes on Work and Crime

A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem.Pin
A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem.
The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.Pin
The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.
Singularity is almost invariably a clue. The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult is it to bring it home.Pin
Singularity is almost invariably a clue. The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult is it to bring it home.
A trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so.Pin
A trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so.
Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.Pin
Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.
Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.Pin
Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.

“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”

Arthur Conan Doyle

4 Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes on Dr. Watson (In Sherlocks Holmes)

Watson. Come at once if convenient. If inconvenient, come all the same.Pin
Watson. Come at once if convenient. If inconvenient, come all the same.
You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.Pin
You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.
Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.Pin
Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.
I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.Pin
I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.

3 Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes on Books and Reading

There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book.Pin
There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book.
The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.Pin
The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.
I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.Pin
I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.

2 Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes on Nature

How sweet the morning air is! How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature!Pin
How sweet the morning air is! How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature!
Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.Pin
Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.

2 Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes on Women

Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.Pin
Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.
I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.Pin
I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.
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