Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DLwas an Irish-Scots writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth22 May 1859
CityEdinburgh, Scotland
men cabbage holy
Holy Men! Holy Cabbages! Holy Bean Pods! What do they do but live and suck in sustenance and grow fat?
writing done facts
Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately, I can deduce nothing else.
long effort littles
My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so.
may saws
I followed you.' I saw no one.' That is what you may expect to see when I follow you.
dark wish beats
You wish to put me in the dark. I tell you that I will never be put in the dark. You wish to beat me. I tell you that you will never beat me.
thinking gentleman pockets
I should be very much obliged if you would slip your revolver into your pocket. An Eley's No. 2 is an excellent argument with gentlemen who can twist steel pokers into knots. That and a tooth-brush are, I think, all that we need.
usual holmes compounds
I suppose I shall have to compound a felony, as usual. - Sherlock Holmes
emotional quality clear
The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning.
fate rivers may
So tomorrow we disappear into the unknown. This account I am transmitting down the river by canoe, and it may be our last word to those who are interested in our fate.
time knowledge useless
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.
math water logic
From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other.
knowledge doctors doe
When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.
ignorance literature study
His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.
london empires idlers
London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.