The Hound of the Baskervilles

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Quotes from The Hound of the Baskervilles

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"There is no stronger case for the prosecution than a guilty conscience."
Sherlock Holmes Truth
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"A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a fat healthy dog in a miserable family?"
Sherlock Holmes Family
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"The game is afoot! Come, Watson, come!"
Sherlock Holmes Adventure
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"I have often had occasion to prove the value of assiduous study."
Sherlock Holmes Education
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"There is nothing more stimulating to a man than to take up the challenge of an opponent who admires him."
Sherlock Holmes Courage
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"It is of the highest importance that you should do exactly what I tell you and nothing more."
Sherlock Holmes Leadership
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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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"Data! Data! Data! I can't make bricks without clay."
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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"The hound itself is but a phantom, a creature of the guilty conscience."
Sherlock Holmes
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"Every man has his secrets."
Dr. John Watson Philosophy
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"I am in the dark, Watson, and I do not like it."
Sherlock Holmes
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"The truth will out, though mountains stand in the way."
Sherlock Holmes Truth
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"Some secrets are best left buried."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"The past echoes in the present."
Dr. John Watson History
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"A man's integrity is his fortune."
Sherlock Holmes
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"The shadow grows longer as the day passes."
Dr. John Watson Time
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"Great cases come to those who wait."
Sherlock Holmes Patience
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"In such a wild place, one feels the presence of unknown dangers."
Dr. John Watson Fear
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"All that glitters is not gold upon the moor."
Dr. John Watson Truth
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"The case has been an interesting one, though elementary in its analysis."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"I have examined myself narrowly and I find myself worthy."
Sherlock Holmes
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"There is a certain method in this madness."
Sherlock Holmes
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"Depend upon it, the devil is in the details."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"My dear Watson, you are the one fixed point in a changing age."
Sherlock Holmes Friendship
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"He is the best and wisest man I know."
Dr. John Watson Friendship
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"The criminal code of the underworld."
Sherlock Holmes Justice
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"It is one of the curses of a mind with a turn like mine."
Sherlock Holmes Philosophy
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"Some things rise above the common conventions of society."
Sherlock Holmes
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"The facts appear to be these."
Sherlock Holmes