The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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Quotes from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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"The case has been an interesting one, though ultimately a simple one."
Sherlock Holmes Adventure
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"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is quite clear."
Sherlock Holmes Knowledge
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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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"The truth is rarely pure and never simple, my dear Watson."
Sherlock Holmes Truth
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"You know my methods, Watson. They are neither difficult nor secret."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"I have notes of some twenty odd little problems."
Sherlock Holmes Work
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"Ah, the games we play are nothing compared to the game of life itself."
Sherlock Holmes Philosophy
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"In the end, Watson, we are all servants of the truth."
Sherlock Holmes Truth
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"It is characteristic of the criminal mind to suppose that all other minds work on the same basis as his own."
Sherlock Holmes Justice
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"You understand, Watson, that this matter strikes at the very heart of the matter."
Sherlock Holmes Truth
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"I have no time for trifles, Watson. My energies must be reserved for the weightier matters."
Sherlock Holmes Work
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"I could not rest, Watson, I could not sit quiet in my chair, if I thought that such a man as Moriarty were in the streets of London."
Sherlock Holmes Justice
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"Do not tamper with the matter, Watson. It is as it is."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"I find that it is one of my most useful accomplishments."
Sherlock Holmes Strength
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"The probability that we may be tempted over the border of the legal is slight."
Sherlock Holmes Justice
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"My dear Watson, you have done it again. You have intuited what others cannot perceive."
Sherlock Holmes Friendship
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"Now and then I have been tempted to tell you how I have wearied of clap-trap."
Sherlock Holmes Truth
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"I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic."
Sherlock Holmes Education
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"There is nothing new under the sun. It has all been done before."
Sherlock Holmes History
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"A man's ego is his constant companion, Watson."
Sherlock Holmes Philosophy
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"You see everything. You observe nothing."
Sherlock Holmes Knowledge
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"It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside."
Sherlock Holmes Philosophy
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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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"What do you make of it, Watson?"
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"I never make exceptions. An exception disproves the rule."
Sherlock Holmes Knowledge
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"Do not do it, Watson. The matter is more complex than it appears."
Sherlock Holmes Patience
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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 Wisdom
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"I have always held that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."
Sherlock Holmes Strength