6 famous lines from Arthur Conan Doyle, word for word from the original text
Arthur Conan Doyle's 1892 collection of twelve stories features Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson at their best. Holmes's remarks on observation, data and the little things are quoted by detectives and scientists to this day.
“You see, but you do not observe.”
— The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, A Scandal in Bohemia · about 1% into the book
“It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data.”
— The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, A Scandal in Bohemia · about 1% into the book
“It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.”
— The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, A Case of Identity · about 19% into the book
“Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.”
— The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, A Case of Identity · about 17% into the book
“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact”
— The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Boscombe Valley Mystery · about 25% into the book
“To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman.”
— The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, A Scandal in Bohemia · about 1% into the book
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One of the best-known lines from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is: “You see, but you do not observe.” (A Scandal in Bohemia).
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