There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

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

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The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.

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

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My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.

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Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

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It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

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The most dangerous condition for a man or a nation is when his intellectual side is more developed than his spiritual. Is that not exactly the condition of the world today?

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Dogs don't make mistakes.

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You yourself may not be luminous, but you are a conductor of light.

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