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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He is best known for his four novels and fifty-six short stories about the fictional consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson, which are milestones in crime fiction, and for his first work featuring Professor Challenger, The Lost World (1912), which gave its name to a subgenre of speculative fiction. He was a prolific writer who produced over 200 stories and articles, four volumes of poetry, and a number of works for the stage. He was knighted by King Edward VII in the 1902 Coronation Honours.

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Quotes from Arthur Conan Doyle

I never guess. 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.

—Arthur Conan Doyle

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What did we care . . . where we sat or how we lived, when youth throbbed hot in our veins, and our souls were all aflame with the possibilities of life?

—Arthur Conan Doyle

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

—Arthur Conan Doyle

The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest.

—Arthur Conan Doyle

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

—Arthur Conan Doyle

Toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other.

—Arthur Conan Doyle

Turns out if you never lie, there's always someone mad at you.

—Arthur Conan Doyle