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

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There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

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You yourself may not be luminous, but you are a conductor of light.

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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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It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

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When the impossible has been eliminated, all that remains no matter how improbable is possible.

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

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Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.

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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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