Quotes About Wisdom

That's the reason they're called lessons, the Gryphon remarked: because they lessen from day to day.

You're thinking about something, my dear, and that makes you forget to talk. I can't tell you just now what the moral of that is, but I shall remember it in a bit. Perhaps it hasn't one, Alice ventured to remark. Tut, tut, child! said the Duchess. Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.

People who don't think shouldn't talk.

Come back! the Caterpillar called after her. I've something important to say. This sounded promising, certainly. Alice turned and came back again. Keep your temper, said the Caterpillar.

But then, shall I never get any older than I am now? That'll be a comfort, one way -- never to be an old woman -- but then -- always to have lessons to learn!

Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.

Keep your temper, said the Caterpillar.

Better say nothing at all. Language is worth a thousand pounds a word!

If you knew Time as well as I do,' said the Hatter, 'you wouldn't talk about wasting it. It's him.

Only the insane equate pain with success. The uninformed must improve their deficit, or die. _Cheshire Cat

Alice thought to herself, 'Then there's no use in speaking.' The voices didn't join in this time, as she hadn't spoken, but to her great surprise, they all thought in chorus (I hope you understand what thinking in chorus means--for I must confess that I don't), 'Better say nothing at all. Language is worth a thousand pounds a word!

She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it), and

Begin at the beginning,' the King said gravely, 'and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

You are old Father William,' the young man said, 'and your hair has become very white; and yet you incessantly stand on your head-do you think, at your age, it is right?

Well that's it: if you don't think, you shouldn't talk!

If I had but the time and you had but the brain

Every story has a moral you just need to be clever enough to find it - the Dutchess

The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. '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.

Tut, tut, child!' said the Duchess. 'Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.' And she squeezed herself up closer to Alice's side as she spoke.

No wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise. Wouldn't it, really? said Alice, in a tone of great surprise. Of course not, said the Mock Turtle. Why, if a fish came to me, and told me he was going on a journey, I should say 'With what porpoise?

the reason they're called lessons,' the Gryphon remarked: 'because they lessen from day to day.

Pero no quiero andar entre locos", protestó Alicia.               "Oh, no puedes evitarlo", dijo el Gato: "todos estamos locos por aquí. Yo estoy loco. Tú estás loca".

Alice sighed wearily. 'I think you might do something better with the time,' she said, 'than waste it in asking riddles that have no answers.

E então a duquesa disse: A moral disso é, tome conta do sentido e os sons tomarão conta de si mesmos.