"Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves."
Quotes by Lewis Carroll
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"“Contrariwise,” continued Tweedledee, “if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.”"
"“A slow sort of country!” said the Queen.“Now, here , you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that.”"
"“If everybody minded their own business,” the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, “the world would go round a deal faster than it does.”"
"“I see nobody on the road,” said Alice. “I only wish I had such eyes,” the King remarked in a fretful tone.“To be able to see Nobody! And at that distance too! Why, it's as much as I can do to see real people, by this light!”"
"“The horror of that moment,” the King went on, “I shall never , never forget!” “You will, though,” the Queen said, “if you don't make a memorandum of it.”"
"“ There's the King's Messenger. He's in prison now, being punished: and the trial doesn't even begin till next Wednesday: and of course the crime comes last of all.” “Suppose he never commits the crime?” said Alice. “That would be all the better, wouldn't it?”"
"That's the reason they're called lessons, because they lesson from day to day."
"The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday - but never jam today."
"Oh, 'tis love, 'tis love that makes the world go round."
"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
"Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky."
"Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it."
"Which form of proverb do you prefer Better late than never, or Better never than late?"
"There comes a pause, for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation; and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration."
"We called him Tortoise because he taught us."
"'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.'"
"Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
"No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise."
"Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop."