The first rule of criminal investigation is:
You must find all possible ways to explain things, and then try to see if you can try to overthrow it.
2。 It is a mistake to doubt strangeness with mystery
It is very wrong to confuse the abnormal things with mystery
3. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, Instead of theories to suit facts.
It is a terrible mistake to make a guess (argument) before there are no facts as reference. People who feel incorrect always use facts to cover their own inherent guesses (arguments), instead of deducing a conclusion according to the obtained facts in the right way to see if it can match the obtained facts.
4. There is nothing more decisive than an obvious fact
Nothing is more confusing than an obvious fact.
5. I never make an exception. an exception offers the rule
I never assume an exception, which will break the principle of investigation.
6。 You see, but you do not observe
You are watching, not observing.
7。 Crime is common. logic is rare. there, it is over the logic rather than over the crime that you should dwell.
Crime is common, but logic is rare. Therefore, you should pay more attention to the establishment of logic than the crime itself.
8。 Any truth is better than indefinite doubt
Any really obtained fact is better than an uncertain guess.
9。 In solving a problem of this sort, the grant thing is to be able to reason backwards
In solving such problems, the previously assumed viewpoints must be able to be established retroactively.
1。 The more bizarre a thing is, the less mysterious it proves to be
The more bizarre things are, the less secret ingredients they usually contain.
11. Some people without posing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it
Some people who lack talent have an extraordinary power to inspire others.
12. I never guess. it is a shocking habit
I never guess. Guess is a bad habit.
13. Depend upon it, there is nothing so natural as the common place
I dare say that nothing is more unusual and worth studying than ordinary things.
14. It is my business to know things. Perhaps, I have trained myself to see what others look over.
My job is to understand things. Maybe I have trained myself to see through things that others can't see.
15. You can never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. individualities vary, but percentages remain constant
You can't predict a person's personality, but you can be sure of the human nature. Personality is different, but sex is eternal.
16。 Where there is no imagination, there is no horror.
Without imagination, fear does not exist. /(Fear comes from imagination. )