Quotes about Perception
No invisibles, sino inadvertidas, Watson. No sabĂ
— Arthur Conan Doyle
The cunning devil has told her every unsavoury public scandal of his past life, but always in such a way as to make himself out to be an innocent martyr. She absolutely accepts his version and will listen to no other.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
But the romance was there," I remonstrated. "I could not tamper with the facts." "Some
— Arthur Conan Doyle
I can see nothing," said I, handing it back to my friend. "On the contrary, Watson, you can see everything. You fail, however, to reason from what you see. You are too timid in drawing your inferences.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
But a girl always knows.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
How are you, Watson?" said he, cordially. "I should never have known you under that moustache
— Arthur Conan Doyle
If the confidence of children can be gained, and they are led to speak freely, it is surprising how many claim to have seen fairies.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
A window in Merton's mind let in that strange light of surprise in which we see for the first time things we have known all along.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and is unmasked.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Therefore the man of genius requires imagination, in order to see in things not what nature has actually formed, but what she endeavoured to form, yet did not bring about, because of the conflict of her forms with one another
— Arthur Schopenhauer