Thoughts on { Crime Investigation 1859 –1930 / Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle
Private investigator looking through magnifying glass
“You see, but you do not observe.”
Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal in Bohemia, 1891
“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, 1891
“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever
remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, 1927
“What one man can invent, another can discover.”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Dancing Men, 1903
“Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, 1894
“The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning.”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of Four, 1890
“Anything is better than stagnation.”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, 1927
“I followed you.”
“I saw no one.’
“That is what you may expect to see when I follow you.”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot, 1910
* Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 -1930)
