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"I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart."
"You would not call me a marrying man, Watson?" "No, indeed!" "You'll be interested to hear that I'm engaged." "My dear fellow! I congrat-" "To Milverton's housemaid." "My dear Holmes!" "I wanted information, Watson."
"It is all in the way of professional experience."
"I suppose I shall have to compound a felony as usual."
"Ever since I was a child, I've always been fascinated with Sherlock Holmes."
"Sherlock Holmes was a drug addict without a single amiable trait."
"There's no police like Holmes."