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Arthur Conan Doyle Novelist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United Kingdom
  • Born: May 22, 1859
  • Died: Jul 7, 1930

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KGStJ, DL was a British writer and physician, most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.

He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.

Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another. truth

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge. knowledge

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. funny

It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. truth

We can't command our love, but we can our actions. love & wisdom

Where there is no imagination there is no horror. imagination

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. knowledge

Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature. nature

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. wisdom

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt. truth

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. truth

Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting. women

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. truth

How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? truth

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