Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes


Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.


Citations

Doyle, Arthur Conan. "The Adventure of the Speckled Band." The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, George Newnes, 1892, p. 209.

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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.