Arthur Conan Doyle – Purpee Quotes

Depend upon it there comes a time

Posted on October 10, 2018October 10, 2005 by admin

“Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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Category: time
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Women are naturally secretive, and they like

Posted on September 14, 2017September 14, 2012 by admin

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

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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Category: women
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When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever

Posted on June 8, 2017June 8, 2012 by admin

“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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Our ideas must be as broad as

Posted on July 17, 2016July 17, 2011 by admin

“Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me

Posted on June 10, 2016June 10, 2011 by admin

“My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Category: work
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