Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), 1832 - 1898
Posthumous portrait by Hubert von Herkomer, based on photographs (ca. 1898)
Born: 27 January 1832, Daresbury, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK
Died: 14 January 1898, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
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- "One can't believe impossible things." "I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." permalink
Lewis Carroll - "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." permalink
Lewis Carroll - "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things." "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master - that's all." permalink
Lewis Carroll - "Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?" he asked. "Begin at the beginning," the King said, gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop." permalink
Lewis Carroll - 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe. permalink
Lewis Carroll - Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it. permalink
Lewis Carroll - Here is a golden Rule.... Write legibly. The average temper of the human race would be perceptibly sweetened, if everybody obeyed this Rule! permalink
Lewis Carroll - How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile,
On every golden scale! permalink
Lewis Carroll - How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday things went on just as usual. I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is, "Who in the world am I?" Ah, that's the great puzzle! permalink
Lewis Carroll - I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, because I'm not myself, you see. permalink
Lewis Carroll - I have had prayers answered — most strangely so sometimes — but I think our heavenly Father's loving-kindness has been even more evident in what He has refused me. permalink
Lewis Carroll - I have proved by actual trial that a letter, that takes an hour to write, takes only about 3 minutes to read! permalink
Lewis Carroll - If only I could manage, without annoyance to my family, to get imprisoned for 10 years, without hard labour, and with the use of books and writing materials, it would be simply delightful! permalink
Lewis Carroll - If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there. permalink
Lewis Carroll - If you set to work to believe everything, you will tire out the believing-muscles of your mind, and then you'll be so weak you won't be able to believe the simplest true things. permalink
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