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Quotes from Lewis Carroll

Si conocieras el tiempo tan bien como yo m no hablarías de matarlo. El tiempo es todo un personaje
~ Lewis Carroll
Pero yo no quiero ir adonde hay locos -dijo Alicia. - Oh, esos es inevitable -dijo el Gato-; aquí todos estamos locos. Yo estoy loco. Tu estás loca. - ¿Y usted cómo sabe que yo estoy loca? -preguntó Alicia. - Tienes que estarlo -dijo el Gato -; si no, no habrías venido aquí.
~ Lewis Carroll
By the time she had caught the flamingo and brought it back, the fight was over
~ Lewis Carroll
I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears!
~ Lewis Carroll
Y la moraleja de esto es... << Oh , el amor , el amor . El amor hace girar al mundo >>
~ Lewis Carroll
The "i" in "slithy" is long, as in "writhe"; and "toves" is pronounced so as to rhyme with "groves." Again, the first "o" in "borogoves" is pronounced like the "o" in "borrow." I have heard people try to give it the sound of the "o" in "worry." Such is Human Perversity.
~ Lewis Carroll
Sino sabes a dónde vas, cualquier camino te llevará allí
~ Lewis Carroll
Did you ever ask yourself the question," Lady Muriel began, à propos of nothing, "what is the chief advantage of being a Man instead of a Dog?" "No, indeed," I said: "but I think there are advantages on the Dog's side of the question, as well." "No doubt," she replied, with that pretty mock-gravity that became her so well: "but, on Man's side, the chief advantage seems to me to consist in having pockets!
~ Lewis Carroll
Who Stole the Tarts?
~ Lewis Carroll
Throughout the world, the more wrong a man does, the more indignant is he at wrong done to him.
~ Lewis Carroll
But I don't WANT to go among mad people!
~ Lewis Carroll
We may give our human loves the unconditional allegiance which we owe only to God. Then they become gods: then they become demons. Then they will destroy us, and also destroy themselves.
~ Lewis Carroll
I won't be introduced to the pudding, please,' Alice said, rather hastily, 'or we shall get no dinner at all. May I give you some?' But the Red Queen looked sulky, and growled 'Pudding—Alice: Alice—Pudding. Remove the pudding!
~ Lewis Carroll
Se quien era esta mañana cuando me levanté, pero creo que he debido cambiar varias veces desde entonces
~ Lewis Carroll
The character of a 'lunatic' is not, I believe, very difficult to acquire: but it is amazingly difficult to get rid of.
~ Lewis Carroll
change to tinkling sheep- bells, and the Queen's shrill cries to the voice of the shepherd boy--and the sneeze of the baby, the shriek of the Gryphon, and all
~ Lewis Carroll
Si conocieras al Tiempo como yo —dijo el Sombrerero—, no hablarías de emplearlo o perderlo. Él es muy suyo.
~ Lewis Carroll
He was overwhelmed by the beauty of the world. Beside that nothing seemed to matter.
~ Lewis Carroll
A schoolfellow of Vronsky's and of the same age, he was a general and was expecting a command, which might have influence on the course of political events; while Vronsky, independent and brilliant and beloved by a charming woman though he was, was simply a cavalry captain who was readily allowed to be as independent as ever he liked.
~ Lewis Carroll
The poet replied: "I always am, my child; you will be too in a few years. While one is climbing the ladder, one sees the top and feels hopeful; but when one has reached that summit, one sees the descent and the end which is death. It is slow work ascending, but one descends rapidly. At your age one is joyous; one hopes for many things which never come to pass. At mine, one expects nothing but death.
~ Lewis Carroll
semble drôle, pensa Alice, de faire des commissions pour un lapin ! Après ça, je suppose que c'est Dinah qui m'enverra faire des commissions !» Et elle
~ Lewis Carroll
When you're older," said the Professor, "you'll know that you can't put Mountains together again so easily!
~ Lewis Carroll
Quando eu uso uma palavra', disse Humpty Dumpty num tom bastante desdenhoso, 'ela significa exatamente o que eu quero que signifique: nem mais nem menos
~ Lewis Carroll
They were obliged to have him with them,' the Mock Turtle said: 'no wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise.
~ Lewis Carroll