"A Study in Scarlet" Quotes
A detective and his assistant investigate a murder in London, leading them to a complex revenge plot and a journey to the American West.
classics | 123 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
Love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things.
My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis.
Depend upon it, there is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace.
It's a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brain to crime it is the worst of all.
I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.
The science of deduction and analysis is one which can only be acquired by long and patient study.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.
