"My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don't know."
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The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"It's a bonny thing," said he. "Just see how it glints and sparkles. Of course it is a nucleus and focus of crime. Every good stone is. They are the devil's pet baits."
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The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of the season.
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The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
O, how full of briers is this working-day world!
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As You Like It by William Shakespeare
My pride fell with my fortunes;
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As You Like It by William Shakespeare
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts
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As You Like It by William Shakespeare
Not a whit, Touchstone. Those that are good manners at the court are as ridiculous in the country as the behaviour of the country is most mockable at the court.
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As You Like It by William Shakespeare
Give me some music- music, moody food
Of us that trade in love.
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Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
The nature of bad news infects the teller.
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Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
There's beggary in the love that can be reckon'd.
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Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
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