The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Book · 5 characters · 538 quotes · 1892

Quotes from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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"He has a certain dignity of bearing and a certain severity of expression."
Dr. John Watson
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"This is indeed a mystery. What do you make of these footprints?"
Dr. John Watson Adventure
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"I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner."
Sherlock Holmes Relationships
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"A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem."
Sherlock Holmes Work
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"I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues."
Sherlock Holmes Humor
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"The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside."
Dr. John Watson Truth
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"You see everything. You fail, however, to reason from what you see."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"I make my small composures and study the curious little problems which the law and the customs of various nations present."
Sherlock Holmes Knowledge
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"Evil acts of the most sinister kind may be wrought by seemingly innocent hands."
Dr. John Watson Truth
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"A woman always seems to me to be of much more subtle and more dangerous qualities."
Sherlock Holmes Relationships
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"I would not touch this case if I didn't have a professional interest in it."
Sherlock Holmes Work
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"The unofficial force—the Baker Street irregulars."
Dr. John Watson Friendship
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"You have seen me display deduction. How do you account for it?"
Sherlock Holmes Knowledge
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"Now is the dramatic moment of fate, Watson."
Sherlock Holmes Adventure
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"It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"It is of the highest importance in the art of detection to be able to recognize out of a number of facts which are incidental and which vital."
Sherlock Holmes Knowledge
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"What one man can invent another can discover."
Sherlock Holmes Creativity
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"My poor fellow, you evidently believe that I have formed some extravagant theories upon insufficient data."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"I never remember faces. It is the second most useful thing in my profession."
Sherlock Holmes Humor
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"It is my business to know things."
Sherlock Holmes Work
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"London has become a singularly uninteresting city since the criminal classes began to take things seriously."
Sherlock Holmes
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"I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever lived."
Dr. John Watson Humor
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"The curious incident of the dog in the night-time."
Dr. John Watson
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"I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic."
Sherlock Holmes Knowledge
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"The proper study of mankind is books."
Sherlock Holmes Literature
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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 Education
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"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact."
Sherlock Holmes Truth
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"You know my methods, Watson."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."
Sherlock Holmes Knowledge
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"The game is afoot!"
Sherlock Holmes Adventure