I have no data.  It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data.
{A Scandal in Bohemia}

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My mind rebels at stagnation.  Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my proper atmosphere.  I can dispense then with the artificiial stimulants.  But I abhor the dull routine of existence.  I crave for mental exaltation.
{The Sign of The Four}

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It is quite a three pipe problem.
{The Red-Headed League}

You see, but you do not observe.
{A Scandal in Bohemia}

How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?
{A Study in Scarlet}

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
{The Valley of Fear}