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We can't command our love, but we can our actions.

We can't command our love, but we can our actions.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Love, Our Actions, Command
Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: free audiobook included: Illustrated and Unabridged”, p.166, Wizio Publishing

Hot hate is twin brother to hot love.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Brother, Hate, Hot
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2012). “Sir Nigel: A Novel of the Hundred Years' War”, p.125, Courier Corporation

The grand thing is to be able to reason backwards.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Math, Science, Able
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2015). “Sherlock Holmes: The Novels: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.93, Penguin

Even the best of us are thrown off some- times.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Thrown
Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “The Sign of the Four”, p.81, Arthur Conan Doyle

When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Views, Clue, Point Of View
Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “The Complete Sherlock Holmes”, p.1110, Race Point Publishing

So all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are shown a link of it.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Links, Life Is, Chains
Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “All the best stories about Sherlock Holmes”, p.15, "Издательство ""Проспект"""

What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done?

Arthur Conan Doyle
Believe, People, Done
"Sherlock Holmes - The Novels: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear".

There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Holmes, Cases
Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “The Complete Sherlock Holmes”, p.526, Race Point Publishing

Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Hands, Life Is

It is a fool's plan to teach a man to be a cur in peace, and think that he will be a lion in war.

Arthur Conan Doyle
War, Men, Thinking
Arthur Conan Doyle (2015). “The White Company”, p.81, Booklassic

Keep your revolver near you night and day, and never relax your precautions.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Gun, Night, Relax
Arthur Conan Doyle (2011). “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, p.57, House of Stratus

Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest!

Arthur Conan Doyle
Mind, Criticism, Matter

Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Sorrow, Holmes, Dear
Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “Sherlock Holmes. The best stories”, p.871, "Издательство ""Проспект"""

The unexpected has happened so continually in my life that it has ceased to deserve the name.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Humorous, Sarcasm, Names
Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “The Arthur Conan Doyle Early Novels MEGAPACK®: 15 Classic Novels”, p.2166, Wildside Press LLC

Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Silly, Literature, Ghost
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2015). “Sherlock Holmes:”, p.73

To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Racing, Brain, Pieces
Arthur Conan Doyle (1993). “The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes”, p.789, Wordsworth Editions

You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Method, Holmes, Observation
1892 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,'The Boscombe Valley Mystery'.

One must wait till it comes.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Waiting
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Delphi Classics)”, p.1342, Delphi Classics

Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Holmes, Remains, Factors
Arthur Conan Doyle (2012). “The Sherlock Holmes Archives (incl. The Truth About Sherlock Holmes)”, p.107, Jazzybee Verlag

We balance probabilities and choose the most likely. It is the scientific use of the imagination.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Imagination, Balance, Use
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, Choi Hyun (2016). “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, p.36, ebookspub

It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Life, Book, Small Numbers
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated)”, p.8373, Delphi Classics

A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use and ornament.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Jewels, Ornaments, Use
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Delphi Classics)”, p.7963, Delphi Classics

No violence, gentlemen — no violence, I beg of you! Consider the furniture!

Arthur Conan Doyle
Gentleman, Violence, Furniture
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1988). “The Complete Short Stories of Sherlock Holmes”, p.714, Jaico Publishing House

To a great mind, nothing is little,' remarked Holmes, sententiously.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Mind, Littles, Great Minds
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2014). “The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Illustrated)”, p.1434, BookRix

It is quite a three-pipe problem.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Smoking, Three, Problem
"The Red-Headed League" (1891)

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