The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.

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A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.

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When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.

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Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

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My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.

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It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

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

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You see, but you do not observe.

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Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.

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Dogs don't make mistakes.

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