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

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The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

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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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A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.

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

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You see, but you do not observe.

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Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.

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You cannot see the lettuce and the dressing without suspecting a salad.

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There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

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