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Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact."

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it."

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




Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "If man could apply half the ingenuity he’s exhibited in the creation of weapons to more sensible ends, there’s no limit to what he might yet accomplish"

If man could apply half the ingenuity he’s exhibited in the creation of weapons to more sensible ends, there’s no limit to what he might yet accomplish



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "Now is the dramatic moment of fate, Watson, when you hear a step upon the stair which is walking into your life, and you know not whether for good or ill."

Now is the dramatic moment of fate, Watson, when you hear a step upon the stair which is walking into your life, and you know not whether for good or ill.




Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion."

You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "You cannot help being a female, and I should be something of a fool were I to discount your talents merely because of their housing."

You cannot help being a female, and I should be something of a fool were I to discount your talents merely because of their housing.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "There is nothing more to be said or to be done tonight, so hand me over my violin and let us try to forget for half an hour the miserable weather and the still more miserable ways of our fellowmen."

There is nothing more to be said or to be done tonight, so hand me over my violin and let us try to forget for half an hour the miserable weather and the still more miserable ways of our fellowmen.




Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "No: I am not tired. I have a curious constitution. I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely." ~ Sherlock Holmes"

No: I am not tired. I have a curious constitution. I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely." ~ Sherlock Holmes



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces."

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



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix."

I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "Desultory readers are seldom remarkable for the exactness of their learning."

Desultory readers are seldom remarkable for the exactness of their learning.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "Oh how I've missed you, Holmes."

Oh how I've missed you, Holmes.




Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers."

It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "Amazing, really, to think of what a man could achieve with the simple ability to put pen to paper and spin a decent yarn."

Amazing, really, to think of what a man could achieve with the simple ability to put pen to paper and spin a decent yarn.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal."

It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "The Times is a paper which is seldom found in any hands but those of the highly educated."

The Times is a paper which is seldom found in any hands but those of the highly educated.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may have treated her."

A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may have treated her.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "I fear that if the matter is beyond humanity, it is certainly beyond me."

I fear that if the matter is beyond humanity, it is certainly beyond me.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "It is a pity he did not write in pencil. As you have no doubt frequently observed, the impression usually goes through -- a fact which has dissolved many a happy marriage."

It is a pity he did not write in pencil. As you have no doubt frequently observed, the impression usually goes through -- a fact which has dissolved many a happy marriage.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "Show Holmes a drop of water and he would deduce the existence of the Atlantic. Show it to me and I would look for a tap. That was the difference between us."

Show Holmes a drop of water and he would deduce the existence of the Atlantic. Show it to me and I would look for a tap. That was the difference between us.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "There is an undeniable exhilaration in moment of even the smallest discovery"

There is an undeniable exhilaration in moment of even the smallest discovery



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside."

It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done."

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



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "Her cuisine is limited but she has as good an idea of breakfast as a Scotchw"

Her cuisine is limited but she has as good an idea of breakfast as a Scotchw



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "Perhaps when a man has special knowledge and special powers like my own, it rather encourages him to seek a complex explanation when a simpler one is at hand."

Perhaps when a man has special knowledge and special powers like my own, it rather encourages him to seek a complex explanation when a simpler one is at hand.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "I would not bring one shadow on his life, and this I know would break his noble heart."

I would not bring one shadow on his life, and this I know would break his noble heart.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research."

I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research.




Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "I should prefer that you do not mention my name at all in connection with this case, as I choose to be only associated with those crimes which present some difficulty in their solution."

I should prefer that you do not mention my name at all in connection with this case, as I choose to be only associated with those crimes which present some difficulty in their solution.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "I must apologize for calling so late, " said he, "and I must further beg you to be so unconventional as to allow me to leave your house presently by scrambling over your back garden wall."

I must apologize for calling so late, " said he, "and I must further beg you to be so unconventional as to allow me to leave your house presently by scrambling over your back garden wall.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "She was as good as she was beautiful and as intelligent as she was good."

She was as good as she was beautiful and as intelligent as she was good.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "[O]n general principles it is best that I should not leave the country. Scotland Yard feels lonely without me, and it causes an unhealthy excitement among the criminal classes."

[O]n general principles it is best that I should not leave the country. Scotland Yard feels lonely without me, and it causes an unhealthy excitement among the criminal classes.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces. The sea air, sunshine, and patience, Watson—all else will come."

To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces. The sea air, sunshine, and patience, Watson—all else will come.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "In my inmost heart I believed that I could succeed where others failed, and now I had the opportunity to test myself."

In my inmost heart I believed that I could succeed where others failed, and now I had the opportunity to test myself.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "It is impossible for any Sherlock Holmes story not to have at least one marvelous"

It is impossible for any Sherlock Holmes story not to have at least one marvelous



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "I'm living in a world of goldfish."

I'm living in a world of goldfish.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "I Am Not Sherlock, But I Will Share Happiness With You And Lock you In My Heart For The Rest Of My Life."

I Am Not Sherlock, But I Will Share Happiness With You And Lock you In My Heart For The Rest Of My Life.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "Gray fall light came through the nine square glass panes. On days like this, the strips of white wood that separated the glass seemed brighter to the eye than did the window light."

Gray fall light came through the nine square glass panes. On days like this, the strips of white wood that separated the glass seemed brighter to the eye than did the window light.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "I give you full credit for the discovery, I crawl, I grovel, my name is Watson, and you need not say what you were just going to say, because I admit it all."

I give you full credit for the discovery, I crawl, I grovel, my name is Watson, and you need not say what you were just going to say, because I admit it all.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "A mystifying sensation of loneliness shook him. Arthur had been alone before, to be sure, but to be alone while surrounded by people, the one sane man in a mad place - that was loneliness."

A mystifying sensation of loneliness shook him. Arthur had been alone before, to be sure, but to be alone while surrounded by people, the one sane man in a mad place - that was loneliness.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "I think my reputation will look after itself, " Holmes said. "If they hang me, Watson, I shall leave it to you to persuade your readers that the whole thing was a misunderstanding."

I think my reputation will look after itself, " Holmes said. "If they hang me, Watson, I shall leave it to you to persuade your readers that the whole thing was a misunderstanding.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "we are two like-minded creatures too well-matched, both equal halves of a whole not altogether wholesome"

we are two like-minded creatures too well-matched, both equal halves of a whole not altogether wholesome



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "A wise man does not always admit to everything he knows. And sometimes an overly-credulous friend can be a source of mild amusement.”~Sherlock Holmes"

A wise man does not always admit to everything he knows. And sometimes an overly-credulous friend can be a source of mild amusement.”~Sherlock Holmes



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "Watson fully comprehended the fact that occasionally it is useful for one’s adversaries to underestimate one’s abilities.”~Sherlock Holmes"

Watson fully comprehended the fact that occasionally it is useful for one’s adversaries to underestimate one’s abilities.”~Sherlock Holmes



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "I am a practitioner of the science of deduction, of using the known facts in a case to unveil the unknown.’ - Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Murders"

I am a practitioner of the science of deduction, of using the known facts in a case to unveil the unknown.’ - Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Murders



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "Suddenly the images in the center of the room became more than images. They solidified."

Suddenly the images in the center of the room became more than images. They solidified.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "For the first time in a very many years, he felt the old vexation, the mingled impatience and pleasure at the world's beautiful refusal to yield up its mysteries without a fight."

For the first time in a very many years, he felt the old vexation, the mingled impatience and pleasure at the world's beautiful refusal to yield up its mysteries without a fight.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "Conan Doyle deluded a century of readers into thinking we're all deductive geniuses."

Conan Doyle deluded a century of readers into thinking we're all deductive geniuses.



Sherlock Holmes Quotes: "It's elementary, my dear Winifred."

It's elementary, my dear Winifred.