872 Quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle

The charlatan is always the pioneer... The quack of yesterday is the professor of tomorrow.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Well, I was never in luck's way long.

Why should you, for a mere passing pleasure, risk the loss of those great powers with which you have been endowed?

There are seventy-five perfumes, which it is very necessary that a criminal expert should be able to distinguish from each other, and cases have more than once within my own experience depended upon their prompt recognition.

I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor?

To a great mind, nothing is little.

Exactly. Since it is morally justifiable, I have only to consider the question of personal risk. Surely a gentleman should not lay much stress upon this, when a lady is in most desperate need of his help?

The statesman received us with that old-fashioned courtesy for which he is remarkable, and seated us on the two luxuriant lounges on either side of the fireplace. Standing on the rug between us, with his slight, tall figure, his sharp features, thoughtful face, and curling hair prematurely tinged with gray, he seemed to represent that not too common type, a nobleman who is in truth noble.