Famous sayings of Sherlock Holmes (Chinese and English)

1. The first rule of criminal investigation is: You must look for every possible way to explain something, and then try to figure it out Can you try to overturn it.

One should always look for a possible alternative and provide against it. It is the first rule of criminal investigation.

2. It is very wrong to confuse unusual things with mystery. .

It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery

3. It is a terrible mistake to make assumptions (arguments) without facts as a reference. People who feel incorrect are always Use facts to set your own inherent guesses (arguments), instead of deriving conclusions based on the obtained facts in the correct way to see whether it is consistent with the obtained facts.

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.

4. Nothing is more confusing than an obvious fact.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact

5. I never assume exceptions, exceptions will break the principles of investigation.

I never make an exception. An exception disproves the rule

6 You are watching, not observing.

You see, but you do not observe

7. Crime is common, but logic is rare. Therefore, when you think about it, you should pay more attention to the establishment of logic than the crime itself.

Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore, it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.

8. Any solid facts are better than uncertain guesses.

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt

9. When solving this type of problem, the previously assumed viewpoint must be able to be established retroactively.

In solving a problem of this sort, the grant thing is to be able to reason backwards

10. The more bizarre the thing, the less secret it usually contains.

The more bizarre a thing is, the less mysterious it proves to be

11. Some people who lack talent have an extraordinary ability to inspire others (that is, to bless themselves) )The power of inspirationSome people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it

12. I never guess. That is a bad habit that destroys thinking...

I never guess . It is a shocking habit

13. In view of this, I would like to say that nothing is more unusual and worth studying than ordinary things.

Depend upon it, there is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace

14. I understand things for a living. Maybe I have trained myself to see through things that others have seen but ignored.

It is my business to know things. Perhaps, I have trained myself to see what others overlook.

15. You can never predict what any single person will do, but you can do to mankind Accurate qualitative evaluation. Individual cases may always be exceptions, but in general, that's it.

You can never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. Individuals vary, but percentages remain constant

16. Fear comes from imagination (or fear comes from the unknown?)

Where there is no imagination, there is no horror.