It was easier to know it than to explain why I know it. If you were as…

Arthur Conan Doyle
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It was easier to know it than to explain why I know it. If you were asked to prove that two and two made four, you might find some difficulty, and yet you are quite sure of the fact. ~ Sherlock Holmes ✨ Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). Sherlock Holmes - The Novels: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear, p.17, BoD - Books on Demand
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