I have mastered the principles of several religions. They have all shocked me by the violence which I should have to do to my reason to accept the dogmas of any one of them.
Arthur Conan Doyle Sr.
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ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs f... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air -- or as free as an income o... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Do you know, Watson," said he, "that it is one of the curses of a mind with a turn like mine that I ... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE When people bury treasure nowadays they do it in the Post-Office bank. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE The man might have died in a fit; but then the jewels are missing," mused the Inspector, "Ha! I have... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE My mind is like a racing engine, tearing itself to pieces because it is not connected up with the wo... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE I do not know whether it came from his own innate depravity or from the promptings of his master, bu... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Do you remember what Darwin says about music? He claims that the power of producing and appreciating... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Era peor la herida... eran peor muchas heridas... que saber la profundidad de lealtad y amor que yac... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE When will you be pleased to dine, Mr. Holmes?' Mrs. Hudson asked. 'Seven-thirty, the day after to-mo... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE A fortune for one man that was more than he needed should not be built on ten thousand ruined men wh... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE . . . and meanwhile take my assurance that the clouds are lifting and that I have every hope that th... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE When one tries to rise above Nature one is liable to fall below it. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE She entered with ungainly struggle like some huge awkward chicken, torn, squawking, out of its coop. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE We give you best, Holmes. I believe you are the devil himself. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE One likes to think that there is some fantastic limbo for the children of imagination, some strange,... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE No ghosts need apply. - Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE You are right," he cried with an immense sigh of relief. "It is quite superficial." His face set lik... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE It was worth a wound--it was worth many wounds--to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behi... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE It is all in the way of professional experience. - Sherlock Holmes ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE All right, Watson. Don’t look so scared,” he muttered in a very weak voice. “It’s not as bad... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE There is a danger there - a very real danger to humanity. Consider, Watson, that the material, the s... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE The ways of fate are indeed hard to understand. If there is not some compensation hereafter, then th... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Every man finds his limitations, Mr. Holmes, but at least it cures us of the weakness of self-satisf... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE There is a soul-jealousy that can be as frantic as any body-jealousy. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE