The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Book · 5 characters · 538 quotes · 1892

Quotes from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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"You will find it a very pretty little problem."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?"
Sherlock Holmes Truth
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"Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot."
Sherlock Holmes Adventure
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"I think that there are certain crimes which the law cannot touch."
Sherlock Holmes Justice
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"My dear Watson, you have not really a very remarkable faculty for observation."
Sherlock Holmes Knowledge
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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 Wisdom
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"The press, Watson, is a most valuable institution."
Sherlock Holmes Philosophy
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"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"To a great mind, nothing is little."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"I am the most inconstant of men, but faithful to this one hobby of mine."
Sherlock Holmes Perseverance
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"Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature."
Sherlock Holmes Nature
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"I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"My mind is like a racing engine, tearing itself to pieces because it is not connected up with the work for which it was built."
Sherlock Holmes Work
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"It was easier to know it than to explain why I know it."
Sherlock Holmes Knowledge
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"I am a believer in the genius of the individual."
Sherlock Holmes Leadership
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"The game is afoot!"
Sherlock Holmes Adventure
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"There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you."
Sherlock Holmes Adventure
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"I have devoted my life to sifting out the truth."
Sherlock Holmes Truth
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"Elementary, my dear Watson."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library."
Sherlock Holmes Education
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"You know my methods, Watson."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"Crime is common. Logic is rare."
Sherlock Holmes Justice
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"I have nothing to do today except to avoid ennui."
Sherlock Holmes Life
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"It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside."
Sherlock Holmes Philosophy
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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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"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."
Sherlock Holmes Knowledge
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"Data, data, data! I can't make bricks without clay."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is quite clear."
Sherlock Holmes Knowledge