Showing posts with label The adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

power of public opinion

The pressure of public opinion can do in the town what the law cannot accomplish. 

The adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

power of public opinion


quote about love of woman

There are women in whom the love of a lover extinguishes all other loves.

The adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

quote about love of woman


Sorrow quote

One sorrow comes close upon the heels of another.

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Sorrow quote 


Commanding our emotions

We can`t command our love, but we can our actions.

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Commanding our emotions 


Jealousy quote

Jealousy is a strange transformer of characters.

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Jealousy quote 



Quote about violence

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

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Quote about violence 


Quote about clever man

It`s a wicked world,and when a clever man turns his brain to crime it is the worst of all.

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Quote about clever man 


Wisdom quote

It is better to learn wisdom late,than never to learn it at all.

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Wisdom quote 


impression of a woman quote

The impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner. 

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Impression of a woman quote 


weakness in a limb quote

Weakness in one limb is often compensated for by exceptional strength in the others.

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weakness in a limb quote 


Quote about human brain

A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get if he wants it.

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Quote about human brain 



Quote about solving problem

Problems may be solved in the study which have baffled all those who have sought a solution by the aid of their senses.

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Ideal reasoner quote

The ideal reasoner would, when he has 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.

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Ideal reasoner quote 


Quote about facts

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

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Quote about facts 


Strangeness of life quote

Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.

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Strangeness of life quote 

Quote about bizarre things

The more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be.

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Quote about bizarre things 


Quote about women

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

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Quote about women 



Quote about theorizing

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
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Quote about theorizing