I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be…

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I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner. ✨ Sherlock Holmes in The Man with the Twisted Lip (1891). Holmes enigmatically distrusts women yet values their judgment.
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I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner. ✨ Sherlock Holmes in The Man with the Twisted Lip (1891). Holmes enigmatically distrusts women yet values their judgment.

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