The stories of detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson were written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930). Here is a collection of quotes from this famous detective.
Quote | Book or Story |
"To a great mind, nothing is little" | A Study in Scarlet |
"Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition in knowledge you forget something that you knew before." | A Study in Scarlet |
"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact" | The Boscombe Valley Mystery |
"When I have spun the web they may take the flies, but not before" | The Five Orange Pips |
"…, jealousy is a strange transformer of characters." | The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor |
"Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst." | The "Gloria Scott" |
"Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms." | The Greek Interpreter |
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Arthur Conan Doyle