The husband was a teetotaller, there was no other woman, and the conduct
complained of was that he had drifted into the habit of winding up every
meal by taking out his false teeth and hurling them at his wife.
-- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "Sherlock Holmes: A Case of Identity"
complained of was that he had drifted into the habit of winding up every
meal by taking out his false teeth and hurling them at his wife.
-- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "Sherlock Holmes: A Case of Identity"
Related:
- The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest.
Sherlock Holmes [Sir Arthur Conan... - You see but you do not observe.
-- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
in "The Memoirs of Sherlock... - It has long been an axiom of mine that the
little things are infinitely the most important.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "A Case of... - Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes
genius.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "Sherlock Holmes: The Valley... - How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the
impossible,
whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth... - I followed you."
"I saw no one."
"That is what you may expect to see when I follow you."
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's... - It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories... - 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... - We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark;
the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of...
From the same category:
- Oh good gray head which all men knew!
-- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
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Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington, Stanza... - Marry her, Charlie. Just because she's a thief and a hitter doesn't mean
she isn't a good woman in all the other departments.
Angelica Huston (to Jack Nicholson in Prizzi's Honor... - fortune: cannot execute.
Out of cookies... - Be on your guard against a silent dog and still water.
Latin... - Cynic, n.:
One who looks through rose-colored glasses with a jaundiced...
