Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself u…

Arthur Conan Doyle
355 citations
Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details. ✨ Arthur Conan Doyle, General Press (2016). The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 56 Stories & 4 Novels, p.51, GENERAL PRESS
Reading
13

More Author Quotes

There are no fools so troublesome as those who have some wit. ✨ The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels.
It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery. The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious because it presents no new or special features from which deductions may be drawn. This m … ▶
The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a q … ▶
Dr. Munro, sir, said he, I am a walking museum. You could fit what ISN'T the matter with me on to the back of a -- visiting card. If there's any complaint you want to make a special study of, just yo … ▶
I trust that age doth not wither nor custom stale my infinite variety. ✨ Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). The Complete Sherlock Holmes, p.612, Race Point Pub

Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details. ✨ Arthur Conan Doyle, General Press (2016). The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 56 Stories & 4 Novels, p.51, GENERAL PRESS

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes