FastSaying

Problems may be solved in the study which have baffled all those who have sought a solution by the aid of their senses. To carry the art, however, to its highest pitch, it is necessary that the reasoner should be able to use all the facts which have come to his knowledge; and this in itself implies, as you will readily see, a possession of all knowledge, which, even in these days of free education and encyclopaedias, is a somewhat rare accomplishment.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle

educationencyclopedia

Related Quotes

For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
AlwaysAnyCombinations
As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
BizarreCommonplaceCrimes
You will, I am sure, agree with me that... if page 534 only finds us in the second chapter, the length of the first one must have been really intolerable.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
AgreeAmBeen
The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
CrimeDifficultMost
I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
CharacterChildrenFirst