# Quote — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

> A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.

- Author: [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle.md)
- Book: [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes.md)
- Page: 225
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes/a-man-should

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

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> The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.

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> It is not so impossible, however, that a man should possess all knowledge which is likely to be useful to him in his work, and this, I have endeavoured in my case to do.

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