A quotation from Arthur Conan Doyle

“What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence,” returned my companion, bitterly. “The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done?”

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) British writer and physician
Story (1886-04), “A Study in Scarlet,” Part 2, ch. 7 [Holmes], Beeton’s Christmas Annual, Vol. 28 (1887-11-21)

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Doyle, Arthur Conan - Story (1886-04), "A Study in Scarlet," Part 2, ch. 7 [Holmes], Beeton's Christmas Annual, Vol. 28 (1887-11-21) | WIST Quotations

"What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence," returned my companion, bitterly. "The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done?" After the police had taken credit for the capture of the murderer. Published in novel form 1888-07.

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