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“I am inclined to think -' said I. `I should do so,' Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently.”
“I cannot live without brainwork. What else is there to live for”
“You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles.”
“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.”
“You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.”
“Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details.”
“Watson. Come at once if convenient. If inconvenient, come all the same.”
“I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart.”
“To a great mind, nothing is little,' remarked Holmes, sententiously.”
“My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.”
“…but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.”
“I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever stood in shoe leather.”
“Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.”
“I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go.”
“Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.”
“Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson.”
“Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth.”
“There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.”
“It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn.”