Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.
from: A Study in Scarlet by A. Conan Doyle (story 1887)
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Sherlock Holmes
A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle
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