Holmes Public Library

Famous quotes containing the words holmes, public and/or library:

““No, no; the real name,” said Holmes sweetly. “It is always awkward doing business with an alias.””
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

“Take example by your father, my boy, and be wery careful o’ vidders all your life, specially if they’ve kept a public house, Sammy.”
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

“A man’s library is a sort of harem.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)