Quotes from Lewis Carroll

Washington Irving once introduced Charles Dickens at a dinner given in the latter's honor. In the middle of his speech Irving hesitated, became embarrassed, and sat down awkwardly. Turning to a friend beside him he remarked, There, I told you I would fail, and I did. If you believe you will fail, there is no hope for you. You will.

Say, can thy noble spirit stoop To join the gormandising troop Who find a solace in a soup?

I'm afraid I can't put it more clearly,' Alice replied very politely, 'for I can't understand it myself, to begin with, and being so many different sizes in a day is very confusing

Why couldn't you have told me so Three quarters of an hour ago, You prince of all the asses?

Surely your gladness need not be the less for the thought that you will one day see a brighter dawn than this.

Alice, 'it would be of very little use without my shoulders. Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope! I think I could, if I only know how to begin.' For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very

poison or not'; for she had read several nice little histories about children who had got burnt, and eaten up by wild beasts and other unpleasant things, all because they would not remember the simple rules their friends had taught them: such as, that a red-hot poker

Si así fue, así pudo ser; si así fuera, así podría ser; pero como no es, no es.

Me doy buenos consejos a mí misma , pero rara vez los sigo.

Todo tiene una moraleja, solo falta saber encontrarla

I'm afraid I can't put it more clearly, Alice replied very politely, for I can't understand it myself, to begin with, and being so many different sizes in a day is very confusing.

You may have noticed that I'm not all there myself.

pues a esta curiosa criatura le gustaba mucho pretender que era dos personas a la vez.

Si todo el mundo se ocupara de sus propios asuntos , el mundo giraría mucho más rápido

Alice: "Bana hangi yoldan gitmem gerektiÄŸini söyler misin? Kedi: Bu neyi istediÄŸine ve neye ulaÅŸmaya çal??t???na baÄŸl?. Alice: Åžey, bilmem ki... Kedi: O zaman hangi yoldan gittiÄŸin farketmez.

Sin embargo no tardó en darse cuenta de que estaba en el charco de lágrimas que había llorado cuando medía nueve pies. - ¡Ojalá no hubiese llorado tanto! - dijo Alicia mientras nadaba de un lado al otro, tratando de encontrar la salida-. Supongo que ahora estoy sufriendo el castigo que merezco: ahogarme en mis propias lágrimas.

Sabía quién era esta mañana, pero he cambiado varias veces desde entonces

In un Paese delle Meraviglie essi giacciono, Sognando mentre i giorni passano, Sognando mentre le estati muoiono: Eternamente scivolando lungo la corrente.... Indugiando nell'aureo bagliore... Che cosa è la vita, se non un sogno?

can't explain it,' said the Gryphon hastily. 'Go on with the next verse.' 'But about his toes?' the Mock Turtle persisted. 'How could he turn them out with his nose, you know?' 'It's the first position in dancing.' Alice said; but was dreadfully puzzled by the whole thing, and longed to change the subject. 'Go on with the next verse,' the

her sister, as well as she could remember them, all these strange Adventures of hers that you have just been reading about; and when she had finished, her sister kissed her, and said, 'It was a curious dream, dear, certainly: but now run in to your tea; it's getting late.' So Alice got up and ran off, thinking while she ran, as well she might, what

No tiene utilidad volver ayer , porque entonces era una persona distinta

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.

Por favor, podría decirme por dónde tengo que ir. - Eso depende en buena medida de adónde quieras llegar -dijo el Gato - No importa demasiado adónde... -dijo Alicia - Entonces no importa por dónde vayas.

It's rather curious, you know, this sort of life! I do wonder what can have happened to me! When I used to read fairy tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one! There ought to be a book written about me, that there ought! And when I grow up, I'll write one—but I'm grown up now," she added in a sorrowful tone; "at least there's no room to grow up any more here.