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The quotations of

Arthur Conan Doyle

British writer and physician

1859–1930

34 quotes, most often on Thinking, Knowledge and Facts.

Ten years now go further than a thousand then, not so much on account of our finer intellects as because the light we have shows us the way to more.
The Stark Munro Letters (1894)
- Knowledge
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), Chapter 3In context
- Knowledge
- Thinking
His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.
A Study in Scarlet (1887), Part I, Chapter IIIn context
- Knowledge
You say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work.
A Study in Scarlet (1887), Part I, Chapter IIIn context
- Knowledge
- Science
A man should keep his little brain-attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1891–1892), The Five Orange PipsIn context
- Knowledge
My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don’t know.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1891–1892), The Adventure of the Blue CarbuncleIn context
- Knowledge
- Work

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