Arthur Conan
Arthur Conan
data temptation form
[Sherlock Holmes:] The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession.
brother hate hot
Hot hate is twin brother to hot love.
focus devil nucleus
Just see how it glints and sparkles. Of course it is a nucleus and focus of crime. Every good stone is. They are the devil
home crime difficult
The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult it is to bring it home.
men air noses
It is the small men and not the great who hold their noses in the air.
beautiful horse humorous
A fine horse or a beautiful woman, I cannot look at them unmoved, even now when seventy winters have chilled my blood.
uncles humorous successful
My uncle, Mr. Stephen Maple, had been at the same time the most successful and the least respectable of our family, so that we hardly knew whether to take credit for his wealth or to feel ashamed of his position.
humorous sarcasm advancement
An absence of antecedents and of relatives is sometimes an aid rather than an impediment to social advancement . . .
humorous sarcasm reason
I feel that there is reason lurking in you somewhere, so we will patiently grope round for it.
humorous sarcasm age
I trust that age doth not wither nor custom stale my infinite variety.
tombstone steel blades
Steel True, Blade Straight.
men mind matter
No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so.
childhood would-be generations
It seems very strange ... that in the course of the world's history so obvious an improvement should never have been adopted. ... The next generation of Britishers would be the better for having had this extra hour of daylight in their childhood.
thrown
Even the best of us are thrown off some- times.