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Quotation #40103 from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

I never guess. It 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.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of Four, A Scandal in Bohemia
British mystery author & physician (1859 - 1930)  

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