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Logic2 quotes
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. — Lewis Carroll · 1871"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." — Lewis Carroll · 1871Conversation1 quote
"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes—and ships—and sealing wax—
Of cabbages—and kings—
And why the sea is boiling hot—
And whether pigs have wings." — Lewis Carroll · 1871Nature of life1 quote
Life, what is it but a dream? — Lewis Carroll · 1871Nature of reality1 quote
"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." — Lewis Carroll · 1871The mysterious1 quote
Curiouser and curiouser! — Lewis Carroll · 1865