⒈When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
排除一切不可能的,剩下的即使再不可能,那也是真相。(四签名)
⒉If you precise destruction, in the public interest, I am willing to accept death.
如果能保证毁灭你,那么,为了社会的利益,即使和你同归于尽,我也心甘情愿。(最后一案)
⒊What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done.
在这个世界上,你到底做了些什么,这到无关紧要。重要的是,你如何使别人相信你做了些什么。(血字的研究)
⒋I never make exceptions. An exception disproves the rule.
我从不假设例外,例外会打破调查的原则。(or我向来不作任何例外,定律没有例外。)(四签名)
⒌It 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.
在没有事实作为参考以前妄下猜测(论点)是个很可怕的错误。感觉不正确的人总是用事实去套自己固有的猜测(论点),而不是按正确的方法、根据得到的事实来推导结论,看它能否吻合已得到的事实。(波希米亚丑闻)
⒍One should always look for a possible alternative, and provide against it. It is the first rule of criminal investigation.
犯罪调查的第一法则是:你必须寻找各种可能解释事情的方法,然后想办法看看能否试图推翻它。(黑彼得) ⒎I never guess. It is a shocking habit – destructive to the logical faculty."
我从不猜测,那是破坏
思维能力的坏习惯。(四签名)
⒏You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear.
你是在看,而不是在观察。两者的区别很明显。(波希米亚丑闻)
⒐In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backward.
在解决这类问题时,先前假定的观点必须能够向前回溯成立。(血字的研究)
⒑There is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace.
没有比平凡的事物更不寻常,更值得研究的了。(身份案)
⒒There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
没有什么比一个显而易见的事实更能迷惑人了。(博斯科姆比溪谷秘案)
⒓It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery.
将异常的东西和神秘混淆起来是十分错误的。(血字的研究)
⒔The more bizarre a thing is, the less mysterious it proves to be.
越是稀奇古怪的东西,通常包含隐密的成分越少。(红发会)
⒕Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore, it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime
that you should dwell.
犯罪是普遍的,而逻辑是难得的东西。因此,你详细记述的应该是逻辑而不是罪行。(桐山毛榉案)
⒖Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.
任何确实得到的事实都要强于不确定的猜测。(黄面人)