• I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.

    Arthur Conan Doyle: I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.
    Sherlock Holmes in "The Man with the Twisted Lip" (1891). Holmes enigmatically distrusts women yet values their judgment.