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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Quotes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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Arthur Conan Doyle52 ratings, 3.90 average rating, 7 reviews
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Quotes
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“It saved me from ennui,” he answered, yawning. “Alas! I already feel it closing in upon me. My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so.”
“And you are a benefactor of the race,” said I.
He shrugged his shoulders. “Well, perhaps, after all, it is of some little use,” he remarked. “‘L’homme c’est rien—l’oeuvre c’est tout,’ as Gustave Flaubert wrote to Georges Sand.”
― The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
“And you are a benefactor of the race,” said I.
He shrugged his shoulders. “Well, perhaps, after all, it is of some little use,” he remarked. “‘L’homme c’est rien—l’oeuvre c’est tout,’ as Gustave Flaubert wrote to Georges Sand.”
― The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
