The Adventure of the Speckled Band Quotes


The Adventure of the Speckled Band Quotes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

"Ah, me! it's a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brains to crime it is the worst of all." ~ The Adventure of the Speckled Band


"But I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart. You may advise me how to walk amid the dangers which encompass me." ~ The Adventure of the Speckled Band


"When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge." ~ The Adventure of the Speckled Band


"Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another." ~ The Adventure of the Speckled Band


"An Eley's No. 2 is an excellent argument with gentlemen who can twist steel pokers into knots." ~ The Adventure of the Speckled Band