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Lewis Carroll7 quotes
Life, what is it but a dream? — Lewis Carroll · 1871If 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"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 · 1871Curiouser and curiouser! — Lewis Carroll · 1865Begin at the beginning...and go on till you come to the end: then stop. — Lewis Carroll · 1865"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 · 1871All 7 quotes →Elizabeth Gaskell2 quotes
A man is so in the way in the house. — Elizabeth Gaskell · 1853I look at them as a child looks at a cake,-with glittering eyes and watering mouth, imagining the pleasure that awaits him! — Elizabeth Gaskell · 1859Vera Brittain2 quotes
Meek wifehood is no part of my profession;
I am your friend, but never your possession. — Vera Brittain · 1926Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity. — Vera Brittain · 1964F.W. Bourdillon1 quote
The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one. — F.W. Bourdillon · 1878George Mallory1 quote
Because it's there. — George Mallory · 1923Robert Runcie1 quote
In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion. — Robert Runcie · 1988Sir John Vanbrugh1 quote
No man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or ever will be so. — Sir John Vanbrugh · 1696