

“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.”
― The Hound of the Baskervilles
― The Hound of the Baskervilles

“Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he.”
― The Complete Sherlock Holmes
― The Complete Sherlock Holmes

“Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. We would not dare to conceive the things which are really mere commonplaces of existence. If we could fly out of that window hand in hand, hover over this great city, gently remove the roofs, and and peep in at the queer things which are going on, the strange coincidences, the plannings, the cross-purposes, the wonderful chains of events, working through generations, and leading to the most outre results, it would make all fiction with its conventionalities and foreseen conclusions most stale and unprofitable.”
― The Complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
― The Complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

“It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.”
― The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
― The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.”
― The Valley of Fear
― The Valley of Fear

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