If my future were black, it was better surely to face it like a man th…

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If my future were black, it was better surely to face it like a man than to attempt to brighten it by mere will-o’-the-wisps of the imagination. ✨ Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). Sherlock Holmes. The best stories, p.121, Издательство Проспект
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It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. ✨ A Scandal in Bohemia (1891)
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If the fresh facts come to our knowledge all fit themselves into the scheme, then our hypothesis may gradually become a solution. Sherlock Holmes speaking with Dr. Watson.
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If my future were black, it was better surely to face it like a man than to attempt to brighten it by mere will-o’-the-wisps of the imagination. ✨ Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). Sherlock Holmes. The best stories, p.121, Издательство Проспект

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