Lewis Carroll quotes

Lewis Carroll was an English writer, mathematician, and photographer, most famous for his classic children's novels "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass." His works are celebrated for their imaginative worlds, linguistic playfulness, and enduring appeal. He influenced literature, logic, and popular culture around the world. Here are 277 of his quotes:

If you don't know where you are going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.

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She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).

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If you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you. Is that a bargain?

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Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky.

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One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.

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It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.

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Begin at the beginning, the King said, very gravely, and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

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It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.

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Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.

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That's the reason they're called lessons, because they lesson from day to day.

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Sentence first, verdict afterwards.

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Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.

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Contrariwise, 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.

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Oh, 'tis love, 'tis love that makes the world go round.

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What is the use of a book', thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?

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Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.

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But I don't want to go among mad people,' said Alice. 'Oh, you can't help that,' said the cat. 'We're all mad here.

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Yet what are all such gaieties to me whose thoughts are full of indices and surds.

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What a strange world we live in...Said Alice to the Queen of hearts.

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The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright - And this was very odd, because it was The middle of the night.

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I don't believe there's an atom of meaning in it.

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Do let's pretend that I'm a hungry hyena, and you're a bone!

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