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The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels QUOTES

The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels QUOTES

1 " Take a pinch of snuff, doctor, and acknowledge that I have scored over you in your example. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels

2 " A forced marriage is no marriage. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels

3 " Have you tried to drive a harpoon through a body? No? Tut, tut, my dear sir, you must really pay attention to these details. My friend Watson could tell you that I spent a whole morning in that exercise. It is no easy matter, and requires a strong and practiced arm. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels

4 " To a great mind nothing is little. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels

5 " Crime is common. Logic is rare. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels

6 " You do not know her, but she has a soul of steel. She has the face of the most beautiful of women, and the mind of the most resolute of men. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels

7 " It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels

8 " not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.’ ‘But "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels

9 " So engrossed was he with his occupation that he appeared to have forgotten our presence, for he chattered away to himself under his breath the whole time, keeping up a running fire of exclamations, groans, whistles, and little cries suggestive of encouragement and of hope. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels

10 " a conjurer gets no credit once he has explained his trick; "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels