Lewis Carroll Quotes, Running Quotes, Party Quotes

That which chiefly causes the failure of a dinner-party, is the running short--not of meat, nor yet of drink, but of conversation.

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One! two! and through and through The vorpal blade went snickersnack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.

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PLAIN SUPERFICIALITY is the character of a speech, in which any two points being taken, the speaker is found to lie wholly with regard to those two points.

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A thick stick in one's hand makes people respectful.

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Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?

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The Cheshire Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked good-natured, she thought: still it had very long claws and a great many teeth, so she felt it ought to be treated with respect.

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burning with curiosity

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For the snark was a boojum, you see.

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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 odd, because it was The middle of the night.

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And as to being in a fright, Allow me to remark That Ghosts have just as good a right In every way, to fear the light, As Men to fear the dark.

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The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo.

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This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear: she got up in great disgust, and walked off; the Dormouse fell asleep instantly, and neither of the others took the least notice of her going, though she looked back once or twice, half hoping that they would call after her: the last time she saw them, they were trying to put the Dormouse into the teapot. At any rate I'll never go THERE again!' said Alice as she picked her way through the wood. "It's the stupidest tea-party I ever was at in all my life!

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No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise.

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Twenty thousand thieves landed at Hastings. These founders of the House of Lords were greedy and ferocious dragoons, sons of greedy and ferocious pirates... Such, however, is the illusion of antiquity and wealth, that decent and dignified men now existing, boast their descent from these filthy thieves, who showed a far juster conviction of their own merits, by assuming for their types the swine, goat, jackal, leopard, wolf, and snake, which they severally resembled.

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Where do you come from? And where are you going? Look up, speak nicely, and don't twiddle your fingers all the time.

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Some children have the most disagreeable way of getting grown-up

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Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction.

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Epithets, like pepper, Give zest to what you write; And if you strew them sparely, They whet the appetite: But if you lay them on too thick, You spoil the matter quite!

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One can't believe impossible things.

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There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents, and only one for birthday presents, you know.

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