Born Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle on May 22, 1859. Doyle was a British author known for his fictional character popular worldwide – Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The duo which started as four novels and 56 short stories features the genre of crime fiction.
Before I share with you the most liked quotes from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, let’s learn a little more about him.
Doyle actually studied medicine at the University of Edinburg Medical School and studied practical botany at the Royal Botanic Garden. He practised medicine and also studied ophthalmology in Vienna in 1891.
When Doyle was 27, he wrote the first book of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in just three weeks although he struggled to find someone to publish it (1886) and was paid £25 (around £3,000 today). The book received great reviews right after its publication. In 1892, his book is now known everywhere in the UK and even around Europe.
If you think Doyle can’t be more of an interesting man, after being a published author, and a doctor, he was also involved in sports. He played football as a goalkeeper in Portsmouth. He was also a cricketer and played from 1899 to 1907. Doyle also dabbed in boxing, golfing, billiards, and skiing.
Apart from Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson’s novel series (A Study in Scarlet), Doyle also wrote and published the book “The Hound of the BaskervilleS2, “The Lost World”, and “The Sign of the Four”.
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COMPILATION OF QUOTES FROM ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Enjoy this list of quotes about crime, writing, life, and more from Arthur Conan Doyle. Check out his books.
“The future was with fate. The present was our own.”
“Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth.”
“There are times, young fellah, when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again.”
“Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.”
“No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so.”
“Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details.”
“A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman’s love, however badly he may have treated her.”
“Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.”
“What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.”
“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.”
Doyle died of a heart attack in July 1930 at the age of 71. he was found in the hall of his house in Sussex holding his chest. His last words were for his wife “you are wonderful”.
Today, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s contribution to art and literature is well-received and continues to be published and created for small and big screens. I hope that you enjoyed this collection of quotes from Arthur Conan Doyle.