Lewis Carroll Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he came, 'Oh! the Duchess, the Duchess!
She tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.
One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.
Curiouser and curiouser! Cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English).
The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth,
Hand with Dinah, and saying to her very earnestly, 'Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat a bat?' when suddenly, thump! thump!
For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.
Do not, oh do not indulge such a wild idea that a newspaper might err! If so what have we to trust in this age of sham?
Am I mad?"
"I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers! But I'll tell you a secret ... all of the best people are!
"I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers! But I'll tell you a secret ... all of the best people are!
I think I should understand that better, if I had it written down: but I can't quite follow it as you say it.
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again
Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope! I think I could, if I only know how to begin.' For,
I can explain all the poems that were ever invented - and a good many that haven't been invented just yet.
Here is a golden Rule ... Write legibly. The average temper of the human race would be perceptibly sweetened, if everybody obeyedthis Rule!
You have to run as fast as you can just to stay where you are. If you want to get anywhere, you'll have to run much faster.
Why, Mary Ann, what ARE you doing out here? Run home this moment, and fetch me a pair of gloves and a fan! Quick, now!
I almost wish I hadn't gone down that rabbit-hole - and yet - and yet - it's rather curious, you know, this sort of life!
It was so long since she had been anything near the right size, that it felt quite strange at first; but she
Alice felt so desperate that she was ready to ask help of any one; so, when the Rabbit came near her,
If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, you will not do much!
The Rabbit started violently, dropped the white kid gloves and the fan, and scurried away into the darkness as hard as he could go.
Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin,' thought Alice 'but a grin without a cat! It's the most curious thing i ever saw in my life!
It's really dreadful,' she muttered to herself, 'the way all the creatures argue. It's enough to drive one crazy!' The
I once delivered a simple ball, which I was told, had it gone far enough, would have been considered a wide
One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it
it was the black kitten's fault entirely.
it was the black kitten's fault entirely.
There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents, and only one for birthday presents, you know.
The Mad Hatter: "Would you like some wine?"
Alice: "Yes ... "
The Mad Hatter: "We haven't any and you're too young.
Alice: "Yes ... "
The Mad Hatter: "We haven't any and you're too young.
And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! He chortled in his joy.
know,' said the Mouse. 'Of course,' the Dodo replied very gravely. 'What else have you got in your pocket?' he went
Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
'And how, who am I? I will remember, if I can! I'm determined to do it!' But being determined didn't help much ...
Words mean more than we mean to express when we use them: so a whole book ought to mean a great deal more than the writer meant.
Is all our Life, then but a dream Seen faintly in the golden gleam Athwart Time's dark resistless stream?
It had a sort of mixed flavor of cherry-tart, custard, pineapple, roast turkey, toffy and hot buttered toast
My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that.
The further off from England the nearer is to France-
Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance.
Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance.
Only the insane equate pain with success."
"The uninformed must improve their deficit, or die."
_Cheshire Cat
"The uninformed must improve their deficit, or die."
_Cheshire Cat