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It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.
Arthur Conan Doyle1859–1930A Study in Scarlet (1887), Part I, Chapter IIIIn context
- Thinking
When a fact appears to be opposed to a long train of deductions, it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some other interpretation.
Arthur Conan Doyle1859–1930A Study in Scarlet (1887), Part I, Chapter VIIIn context
- Thinking
It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
Arthur Conan Doyle1859–1930The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1891–1892), A Scandal in BohemiaIn context
- Thinking
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact
Arthur Conan Doyle1859–1930The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1891–1892), The Boscombe Valley MysteryIn context
- Truth & Lies
In all my experience along the dirtiest ways of this dirty little world, I have never met with such a thing as a trifle yet.
Wilkie Collins1824–1889The Moonstone (1868), First Period: The Loss of the Diamond (1848), Chapter XIIIn context
- Experience