The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Book · 5 characters · 538 quotes · 1892

Quotes from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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"I assure you, the circumstance was to me an entirely new one."
Sherlock Holmes
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"The red-headed league is now in the past, and Mr. Wilson can return to his labours."
Sherlock Holmes
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"It is a curious thing to speculate upon. If this young man is innocent, where is he?"
Sherlock Holmes Justice
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"You know my methods. Apply them."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"It is of the highest importance that this fellow should think that I have taken the bait."
Sherlock Holmes
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"I should be the maddest of men if I did not guard and cherish such a wife."
Dr. John Watson Family
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"You appear to be a man of some philosophical turn of mind."
Dr. John Watson Philosophy
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"I have my eye upon a suite of rooms in Montague Street."
Dr. John Watson Life
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"I am not a man of sentiment, but I am afraid of myself."
Sherlock Holmes Fear
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"The game is afoot!"
Sherlock Holmes Adventure
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"How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, you must always consider what remains, however improbable?"
Sherlock Holmes Truth
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"I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."
Sherlock Holmes Science
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"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use."
Sherlock Holmes Knowledge
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"Crime is common. Logic is rare."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"I am the most long-suffering of mortals."
Sherlock Holmes Patience
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"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work."
Sherlock Holmes Motivation
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"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
Sherlock Holmes Truth
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"I never guess. It is a shocking habit,—destructive to the logical faculty."
Sherlock Holmes
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"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"Data, data, data! I can't make bricks without clay."
Sherlock Holmes Knowledge
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"You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is quite clear."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"I rely upon my judgment and my knowledge of London to aid me."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light."
Sherlock Holmes Friendship
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"The facts are available to me. I need only to arrange them."
Sherlock Holmes Knowledge
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"My time value is by the hour."
Sherlock Holmes Work
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"I wonder if they could not have fixed an older man."
Dr. John Watson
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"The curious incident of the missing painting has all the hallmarks of a most sinister affair."
Dr. John Watson
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"You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion."
Sherlock Holmes Friendship
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"The red-headed men of Great Britain were much agitated by this announcement."
Dr. John Watson Humor
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"The matter is no doubt a trivial one, but the manner of it strikes me as curious."
Sherlock Holmes