Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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

There's nothing like a SHERLOCK HOLMES story when you're getting ready for bed and just want to relax. And the BASIL RATHBONE movies were great, too.

1859 - 1930

"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

"Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him."

"Once or twice in my career, I feel that I have done more real harm by my discovery of the criminal than ever he had done by his crime. I have learned caution, and I had rather play tricks with the law of England than with my own conscience."

"My dear Watson," said he, "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers."

"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them."

POSTSCRIPT "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious." ALBERT EINSTEIN

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