Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.

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    ‘The ideal reasoner,’ he remarked, ‘would, when he had once been shown a single fact in all its bearings, deduce from it not only all the chain of events which led up to it but also all the results which would follow from it.’
    —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

    There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.
    —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

    Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
    —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

    ‘I have usually found that there was method in his madness.’
    ‘Some folk might say there was madness in his method.’
    —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

    Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.
    —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)