The most famous Sherlock Holmes quotes (from the books)
The top 3 according to 61 votes from people: When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. · 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. · My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don't know.. (Updated Sep 6, 2020.)
"When you have eliminated the impossible…", "You see, but you do not observe" and "The game is afoot": the best-known lines of Sherlock Holmes as Arthur Conan Doyle wrote them, with the novel or story each comes from.
Top 14
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When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
The Sign of the Four (1890).
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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.
A Scandal in Bohemia (1891).
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My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don't know.
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (1892).
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Singularity is almost invariably a clue.
The Boscombe Valley Mystery (1891).
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You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles.
The Boscombe Valley Mystery (1891).
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You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear.
A Scandal in Bohemia (1891).
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"Come, Watson, come!" he cried. "The game is afoot."
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange (1904).
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There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
The Boscombe Valley Mystery (1891).
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It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.
A Study in Scarlet (1887).
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Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.
A Case of Identity (1891).
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It is, of course, a trifle, but there is nothing so important as trifles.
The Man with the Twisted Lip (1891).
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There is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace.
A Case of Identity (1891).
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I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.
The Adventure of the Lion's Mane (1926).
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I cannot live without brain-work. What else is there to live for?
The Sign of the Four (1890).
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