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Depend upon it 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.

~Arthur Conan Doyle

Topics: Addition Before Depend Every Facts Forget Highest Importance Knew Knowledge Out Something Therefore Time Useful Useless You

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As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify.

~Arthur Conan Doyle

Topics: Bizarre Commonplace Crimes Difficult Face Holmes Identify Just Less More Most Mysterious Proves Puzzling Really Rule Said Thing Which Your

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A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem.

~Arthur Conan Doyle

Topics: Client Factor Me Mere Problem Unit

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When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

~Arthur Conan Doyle

Topics: Eliminated However Impossible Improbable Must Remains Truth Whatever You

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When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.

~Arthur Conan Doyle

Topics: Criminals Doctor Does First Go He Knowledge Nerve Wrong

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Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren.

~Arthur Conan Doyle

Topics: Although Brethren Career Fortunately Had He His Life Longer Most Never Novel Over Sir Than Until Working World Wrote Years

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Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.

~Arthur Conan Doyle

Topics: Another Case Clears Much Nothing Person Stating Up

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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.

~Arthur Conan Doyle

Topics: Analytical Conclusion Impression Know May More Much Seen Than Too Too Much Valuable Woman

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London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.

~Arthur Conan Doyle

Topics: Cesspool Drained Empire Great London Which

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The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.

~Arthur Conan Doyle

Topics: Alley Beautiful Countryside Does Dreadful London Lowest More Present Record Sin Smiling Than

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Writer

Born: May 22nd, 1859

Died: July 7th, 1930

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