Share & Save
Meaning
The quote says that violence often harms the person who uses it. It also suggests that people who plot harm for others may end up trapped by their own schemes.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Listed as attributed on Wikiquote, with the phrase found on other Wikiquote pages only.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician. He is best known for creating Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, whose stories became landmarks in crime fiction, and for The Lost World, the 1912 novel that helped name a branch of speculative fiction. Beyond those works, he wrote more than 200 stories and articles, along with four volumes of poetry and several stage pieces. He was knighted by King Edward VII in the 1902 Coronation Honours.
More from Arthur Conan Doyle (155 quotes) →Other sayings from Arthur Conan Doyle
- “I care not how humble your bookshelf may be, or how lonely the room which it adorns. Close the door of that r…”Arthur Conan Doyle
- “Watson. Come at once if convenient. If inconvenient, come all the same.”Arthur Conan Doyle
- “Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.”Arthur Conan Doyle
- “It is easy to be wise after the event.”Arthur Conan Doyle
Karma: more sayings
- “One’ is not a doer in this world. Where he believes that he is the doer, there is ‘charging’ (of karma). When…”Dada Bhagwan
- “We designed a car that is for daily commutes and that you charge every day. The less you use the gasoline eng…”Henrik Fisker
- “The first sign that Karma was now in cahoots with the Devil Incarnate to ruin her existance should've been be…”Kelly Moran
Explore Truth
- “Don't lies in the end put us on the path to truth? And don't my stories, true or false, point to the same con…”Albert Camus
- “The only other person I have fallen in love with that way is Jesus, and I hope that goes more smoothly. I hop…”Lauren F. Winner
- “...he'll come back. We all come back, kate. These private little revolutions always die. The compromise is al…”Arthur Miller
READ THE SOURCE
Books by Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study in Scarlet
2005
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1981
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]
2005
The Sign of Four
1982
The Valley of Fear
2005