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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Quotes

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

Source:8. The Adventure of the Speckled Band
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Arthur Conan Doyle - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Quotes
  • Book: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  • Writer: Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Genre: Mystery, Crime
  • Published: 1892
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