“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.” — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Boscombe Valley Mystery
Tag: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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“Strange how the brain controls the brain!” — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Dying Detective
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“Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.” — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Case of Identity
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“It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.” — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal in Bohemia
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“What can we know? What are we all? Poor silly half-brained things peering out at the infinite, with the aspirations of angels and the instincts of beasts.” — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Stark Munro Letters
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“Our own distinction of right and wrong is founded too much upon the immediate convenience of the community, and does not inquire sufficiently deeply into the ultimate effect.” — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Stark Munro Letters
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“Ten years now go further than a thousand then, not so much on account of our finer intellects as because the light we have shows us the way to more. Primeval man stumbled along with peering eyes, and slow, uncertain footsteps. Now we walk briskly towards our unknown goal.” — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Stark Munro Letters