"I followed you."
"I saw no one."
"That is what you may expect to see when I follow you."
-- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Foot"
"I saw no one."
"That is what you may expect to see when I follow you."
-- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Foot"
Related:
- How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the
impossible,
whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth... - You see but you do not observe.
-- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
in "The Memoirs of Sherlock... - Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in
the same cold and unemotional manner.
You have attempted to tinge it with romanticism, which... - The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest.
Sherlock Holmes [Sir Arthur Conan... - it is not really difficult to construct a series of inferences,
each dependent upon its predecessor and each simple... - It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories... - Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes
genius.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "Sherlock Holmes: The Valley... - Anything else you wish to draw to my attention, Mr.
Holmes ?" "The curious incident of the stable dog in... - I never make exceptions.
An exception disproves the rule.
Sir Arthur Conan...
