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What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence, the question is what you can make people believe that you have done.

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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...more

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It would be superfluous todrive us mad, my dear Watson

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It is a question of cubic capacity," said he; "a man with so large a brain must have something in it.

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She was as good as she was beautiful and as intelligent as she was good.

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All my instincts are one way, and all the facts are the other, and I much fear that British juries have not yet attained that pitch of intelligence wh...more

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It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull.

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Take a pinch of snuff, doctor, and acknowledge that I have scored over you in your example.

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The man might have died in a fit; but then the jewels are missing," mused the Inspector, "Ha! I have a theory. These flashes come upon me at times... ...more

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No: I am not tired. I have a curious constitution. I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely." ~ Sherlock Holmes

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Only that I insist upon your dining with us. It will be ready in half an hour. I have oysters and a brace of grouse, with something a little choice in...more

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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...more