The future was with Fate. The present was our own. Arthur Conan Doyle More Quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle More Quotes From Arthur Conan Doyle The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside. Arthur Conan Doyle smile doe beautiful I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. Arthur Conan Doyle funny-inspirational men knowledge One must wait till it comes. Arthur Conan Doyle waiting When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth. Arthur Conan Doyle point-of-view clue views Jealousy is a strange transformer of characters. Arthur Conan Doyle strange silly character I wanted to end the world but,I'll settle for ending yours. Arthur Conan Doyle settling ends world My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know. Arthur Conan Doyle business names people Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst. Arthur Conan Doyle literature ghost silly Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest! Arthur Conan Doyle criticism matter mind There seems to me to be absolutely no limit to the inanity and credulity of the human race. Homo Sapiens! Homo idioticus! Arthur Conan Doyle sarcasm humorous race There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion," said he, leaning with his back against the shutters. "It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner. Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other things, our powers, our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its colour are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers. Arthur Conan Doyle smell flower rose Problems may be solved in the study which have baffled all those who have sought a solution by the aid of their senses. To carry the art, however, to its highest pitch, it is necessary that the reasoner should be able to use all the facts which have come to his knowledge; and this in itself implies, as you will readily see, a possession of all knowledge, which, even in these days of free education and encyclopaedias, is a somewhat rare accomplishment. Arthur Conan Doyle free-education accomplishment art It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own. Arthur Conan Doyle small-numbers life book Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones. Arthur Conan Doyle useless time knowledge 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. Arthur Conan Doyle weather trying hands There is no satisfaction in vengeance unless the offender has time to realize who it is that strikes him, and why retribution has come upon him. Arthur Conan Doyle vengeance realizing satisfaction There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done. Arthur Conan Doyle heroism done waiting Violence recoils on the violent. Arthur Conan Doyle recoil violent violence Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting. Arthur Conan Doyle holmes women literature His love of danger, his intense appreciation of the drama of an adventure--all the more intense for being held tightly in--his consistent view that every peril in life is a form of sport, a fierce game betwixt you and Fate, with Death as a forfeit, made him a wonderful companion at such hours. Arthur Conan Doyle appreciation sports drama
