The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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Sherlock Holmes
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Dr. John Watson
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Inspector Lestrade
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Irene Adler
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Professor Moriarty
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"I felt powerless and unhappy, sitting at home, even in the society of the best wife in the world."Dr. John Watson Adventure
"The matter was too serious for any hesitation on my part."Dr. John Watson Courage
"I am not quite so incoherent as you fancy, Watson."Sherlock Holmes Friendship
"You have shown considerable spirit in the matter."Sherlock Holmes Courage
"The London criminal is certainly a dull fellow."Sherlock Holmes
"My practice has extended recently to the Australian colonies."Sherlock Holmes Work
"The smallest point may be the most essential."Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
"What do you think of this little case which I have been sent down to investigate?"Sherlock Holmes Adventure
"It is impossible as I state it, and therefore I must in some respect have stated it wrong."Sherlock Holmes
"A long series of sterile weeks occurred, in which I tasted only too well the truth of my observation."Dr. John Watson Time
"I think that you will find that you have overestimated my abilities."Sherlock Holmes
"You have brought detection as near an exact science as ever will be brought in this world."Dr. John Watson
"Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner."Sherlock Holmes Science
"Crime is common. Logic is rare."Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
"I have my eye upon a suite of rooms in Montague Street, just round the corner from the British Museum."Sherlock Holmes Knowledge
"The remarkable thing about you, Watson, is that you have so little sense of deduction."Sherlock Holmes Friendship
"There is nothing new under the sun. It has all been done before."Sherlock Holmes History
"I am the last and highest court of appeal in detection."Sherlock Holmes Justice
"What one man can invent another can discover."Sherlock Holmes Imagination
"My mind rebels at stagnation. I abhor a dull routine."Sherlock Holmes Creativity
"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use."Sherlock Holmes Education
"I never guess. It is a shocking habit,—destructive to the logical faculty."Sherlock Holmes
"The official detective may blunder upon the truth now and then, but all we other can reconstruct things mentally."Sherlock Holmes Justice
"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 Wisdom
"You know my methods, Watson."Sherlock Holmes Knowledge
"I am a creature of habit and of method."Sherlock Holmes Perseverance
"How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?"Sherlock Holmes
"Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent."Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
"My dear fellow, you have done wonders in a short time."Sherlock Holmes
"I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."Sherlock Holmes Science