Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes


Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.


Citations

Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Sign of Four. Spencer Blackett, 1890, p. 3.

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Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Born: May 22, 1859
  • Died: July 7, 1930
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Writer

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.