What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question …

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What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done? ✨ Sherlock Holmes - The Novels: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear.
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What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done? ✨ Sherlock Holmes - The Novels: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear.

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