ARTHUR
CONAN DOYLE
22 May 1859 - 7 Jul 1930
Scottish
novelist, best known for his innovative stories about detective
Sherlock Holmes.
Holmes made an appearance in 56 short stories and four novels
(A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Hound of the
Baskervilles, and The Valley of Fear). |
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QUOTES
BY SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Key: "Quote" [relevant subjects] | [source issue] | original
source
"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent
instantly recognizes genius."
[Intelligence,
Mediocrity] | [1.21]
| from The Valley of Fear
"Depend upon it, there is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace."
[Insightful, Oxymoronic]
| [QoM] | from “A
Case of Identity”
in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
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