Quotes of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - somelinesforyou

“ Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. ”

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“ I'm not sure about whether I shall go. I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever stood in shoe leather -- that is, when the fit is on me, for I can be spry enough at times. ”

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“ Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. ”

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“ How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? ”

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“ The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods. ”

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“ There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them. ”

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“ You will remember that I remarked the other day, just before we went into the very simple problem presented by Miss Mary Sutherland, that for strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.” “A proposition which I took the liberty of doubting.” “You did, Doctor, but none the less you must come round to my view, for otherwise I shall keep on piling fact upon fact on you until your reason breaks down under them and acknowledges me to be right. ”

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“ Picnics are very dear to those who are in the first stage of the tender passion. ”

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“ It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it. ”

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“ It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. ”

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“ The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods. ”

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“ The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods. ”

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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