Latine Quotes

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia

Arthur Conan Doyle often used latine quotes in his works. He read and studied Latin during his school days at Stonyhurst College, held by Jesuits.


In Arthur Conan Doyle Fictions



  • « Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo. Ipse domi simul ac nummos contemplor in arca. » : The public hisses at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and simultaneously contemplate the money in my chest. (Horatio, Book 1, Satire 1). (A Study in Scarlet, 2605)