Sherlock Holmes (1922)

John Barrymore: Sherlock Holmes

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• Sherlock Holmes : I merely wanted to know you a little better.

  Prof. Moriarty : Several Scotland Yard Inspectors tried that. Their lifeless bodies were found floating in the Thames.

  Sherlock Holmes : Oh! - Well, of course, if you're as difficult to know as all that, I'd better be getting back my microbes.

• Sherlock Holmes : Please don't think me impertinent, but I know that revenge will only embitter your own life and in no way lessen the wrong that has been done.

• Sherlock Holmes : My name is Sherlock Holmes. I-I am a student - a student of life. Its complexities fascinate me...

• Dr. Watson : I say, Holmes, you are an odd chap, why have you kept that photograph all these years?

  Sherlock Holmes : Oh, I don't know - there was a familiar - charming something - about the eyes - that reminded me of her sister - the girl I met on the roadside that day. I don't know what ever became of her. After her sister's death, I wrote, asking if I could be of assistance - but she never answered - I...

• Sherlock Holmes : It was extraordinary Watson - seeing that girl again - made me almost forget my purpose - I wanted to take her away.