Sherlock Holmes - Sayings
02/07/08 17:04 Filed in: Sayings
My profession is its own reward....
“These are very deep waters,” said he; “pray go on with your narrative.”
“This is a very deep business,” he said at last. “There are a thousand details which I should desire to know before I decide upon our course of action.
I want to see whether the objections are fatal, or if they may be explained away.”
“Fancy his having the insolence to confound me with the official detective force! This incident gives zest to our investigation.”
“Hum!” said he, scratching his chin in some perplexity, “my theory certainly presents some difficulties.”
Ah, me! it’s a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brains to crime it is the worst of all. “
“I should prefer to have clearer proofs before I speak.”
I fancy that I may have deduced a little more. I imagine that you saw all that I did.”
“Subtle enough and horrible enough. When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.”
Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.
“I had,” said he, “come to an entirely erroneous conclusion which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data.”
“In this way I am no doubt indirectly responsible for Dr. Grimesby Roylott’s death, and I cannot say that it is likely to weigh very heavily upon my conscience.”
“This is a very deep business,” he said at last. “There are a thousand details which I should desire to know before I decide upon our course of action.
I want to see whether the objections are fatal, or if they may be explained away.”
“Fancy his having the insolence to confound me with the official detective force! This incident gives zest to our investigation.”
“Hum!” said he, scratching his chin in some perplexity, “my theory certainly presents some difficulties.”
Ah, me! it’s a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brains to crime it is the worst of all. “
“I should prefer to have clearer proofs before I speak.”
I fancy that I may have deduced a little more. I imagine that you saw all that I did.”
“Subtle enough and horrible enough. When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.”
Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.
“I had,” said he, “come to an entirely erroneous conclusion which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data.”
“In this way I am no doubt indirectly responsible for Dr. Grimesby Roylott’s death, and I cannot say that it is likely to weigh very heavily upon my conscience.”