Arthur Conan
Arthur Conan
beginning border builds conditions infinite itself line mind past post scientific separates sure tied time true
The true scientific mind is not to be tied down by its own conditions of time and space. It builds itself an observatory erected upon the border line of present, which separates the infinite past from the infinite future. From this sure post it makes its sallies even to the beginning and to the end of all things.
men mind matter
No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so.
men cities mind
Life, my dear Watson, is infinitely stranger than fiction; stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. We could not conceive the things that are merely commonplace to existence. If we could hover over this great city, remove the roofs, and peep in at the things going on, it would make all fiction, with its conventionalities and foreseen conclusions flat, stale and unprofitable.
giving mind rebel
My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work!
mind littles great-minds
To a great mind, nothing is little,' remarked Holmes, sententiously.
house feelings mind
Do you know, Watson," said he, "that it is one of the curses of a mind with a turn like mine that I must look at everything with reference to my own special subject. You look at these scattered houses, and you are impressed by their beauty. I look at them, and the only thought which comes to me is a feeling of their isolation and of the impunity with which crime may be committed there.
running blank-mind steps
Let me run over the principal steps. We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind, which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations.
life men mind
Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.
mind answers
Everything I have to say has already crossed your mind." "Then possibly my answer has crossed yours.
mind ruins noble
Of all ruins, that of a noble mind is the most deplorable.
mind fool troublesome
There are no fools so troublesome as those of the mind
mind criticism matter
Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest!
mind may faults
Ah! my dear Watson, there we come into those realms of conjecture, where the most logical mind may be at fault. Sherlock Holmes speaking with Dr. Watson.
mind chess mark
Amberley excelled at chess - a mark, Watson, of a scheming mind.