Of all ruins, that of a fine man is the saddest. ~ The Stark Munro Letters
"The past and the present are within the field of my inquiry, but what a man may do in the future is a hard question to answer." ~ The Hound of the Baskervilles
The human brain is capable of only one strong emotion at a time, and if it be filled with curiosity or scientific enthusiasm, there is no room for fear. ~ The Brown Hand
I tell you, there's nothing makes life so beautiful as when the shadow of death begins to fall across it. ~ Jelland's Voyage
"The best way of successfully acting a part is to be it," said Holmes. ~ The Adventure of the Dying Detective
An absence of antecedents and of relatives is sometimes an aid rather than an impediment to social advancement. ~ The Black Doctor
"The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness." ~ The Sign of the Four
The future was with Fate. The present was our own. ~ The Poison Belt
The more we progress the more we tend to progress. We advance not in arithmetical but in geometrical progression. We draw compound interest on the whole capital of knowledge and virtue which has been accumulated since the dawning of time. ~ The Stark Munro Letters
"Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons with the greatest for the last." ~ The Adventure of the Red Circle
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