Sir Arthur Conan

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

    “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
    —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

    “Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau’s example.”
    —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

    “Haf owre, haf owre to Aberdour,
    It’s fiftie fadom deip,
    And thair lies guid Sir Patrick Spence,
    Wi the Scots lords at his feit.”
    —Unknown. Sir Patrick Spens (l. 41–44)

    ““The plot thickens,” he said, as I entered.”
    —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

    “Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.”
    —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)