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The cheese-mites asked how the cheese got there, And warmly debated the matter; The Orthodox said that it came from the air, And the Heretics said fro...more

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The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime, the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive.

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There are seventy-five perfumes, which it is very necessary that a criminal expert should be able to distinguish from each other, and cases have more ...more

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It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery. The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious because it presents no new or special fe...more

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There are no crimes and no criminals in these days. What is the use of having brains in our profession? I know well that I have it in me to make my na...more

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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 s...more

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Holmes took up the stone and held it against the light. "It's a bonny thing," said he. "Just see how it glints and sparkles. Of course it is a nucleus...more

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When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals.

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The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when [Holmes] became a specialist in crime.

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That hurts my pride, Watson. It is a petty feeling, no doubt, but it hurts my pride. It becomes a personal matter with me now..."-Sherlock Holmes--The...more

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It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal.

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

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The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?

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The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

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He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city, He is a genius,...more