Quotes About Wisdom

You don't know much,' said the Duchess; 'and that's a fact.

know better'; and this Alice would not allow without knowing how old it was, and, as the Lory positively refused to tell its age, there was no more to be said. At last the Mouse, who seemed to be a person of authority among them, called out, 'Sit down, all of you, and listen to me! I'LL soon make

I have a fairy by my side Which says I must not sleep, When once in pain I loudly cried It said You must not weep If, full of mirth, I smile and grin, It says You must not laugh When once I wished to drink some gin It said You must not quaff. When once a meal I wished to taste It said You must not bite When to the wars I went in haste It said You must not fight. What may I do? at length I cried, Tired of the painful task. The fairy quietly replied, And said You must not ask. Moral: You mustn't.

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?' 'In my youth,' Father William replied to his son, 'I feared it might injure the brain; But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again.

But I don't want to go among mad people, Alice remarked. Oh, you can't help that, said the Cat: we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. How do you know I'm mad? said Alice. You must be, said the Cat, or you wouldn't have come here." ? Alice in Wonderland

That's the effect of living backwards,' the Queen said kindly: 'it always makes one a little giddy at first—' 'Living backwards!' Alice repeated in great astonishment. 'I never heard of such a thing!' '—but there's one great advantage in it, that one's memory works both ways.' 'I'm sure MINE only works one way,' Alice remarked. 'I can't remember things before they happen.' 'It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards,' the Queen remarked.

It is wrong from beginning to end,' said the Caterpillar decidedly, and there was silence for some minutes.

the English novel is childish because what is desired is not maturity and wisdom but a return to the safety and innocence of childhood—

Aber ich mag nicht unter verrückte Leuten gehen, bemerkte Alice. Oh, dagegen kann man nichts machen, sagte die Katze; wir sind hier alle verrückt.Ich bin verrückt. Du bist verrückt. Woher weißt du denn, dass ich verrückt bin?, fragte Alice. Du musst es sein, sagte die Katze, sonst wärst du nicht hierhergekommen.

Todo tiene una moraleja, si eres capaz de encontrarla.

Seven years and six months! Humpty Dumpty repeated thoughtfully. 'An uncomfortable sort of age. Now if you'd asked my advice, I'd have said Leave off at seven - but it's too late now.

Repeat, YOU ARE OLD, FATHER WILLIAM,' said the Caterpillar. Alice folded her hands, and began:— '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?' 'In my youth,' Father William replied to his son, 'I feared it might injure the brain; But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again.

Alice: Where Should I go? Cheshire Cat: That depends, where do you want to end up?

There is no use trying, said Alice; one can't believe impossible things. I dare say 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.

Cheshire Puss,' she began, rather timidly, as she did not at all know whether it would like the name: however, it only grinned a little wider. 'Come, it's pleased so far,' thought Alice, and she went on. 'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?' 'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.

Pero es que a mí no me gusta tratar con gente loca —protestó Alicia. —Oh, eso no lo puedes evitar —repuso el Gato—. Aquí todos estamos locos. Yo estoy loco. Tú estás loca. —¿Cómo sabes que yo estoy loca? —preguntó Alicia. —Tienes que estarlo —afirmó el Gato—, o no habrías venido aquí.

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

i fenicònteri e la senape pizzicano entrambi, e la morale è questa—'Chi si rassembra s'assembra.

Me parece que podrían hacer algo mejor con el tiempo", dijo, "que gastarlo preguntando acertijos que no tienen respuesta". "Si conocieras al Tiempo tan bien como yo", dijo el Sombrerero, "no hablarías de gastarlo. ¡Es todo un caballero!

I mean, she said that one can't help growing older. One can't perhaps, said Humpty Dumpty but two can. With proper assistance, you might have left off at seven

Ah, my dear! Let this be a lesson to you never to lose your temper!

aber1 bis gestern2 (zurück zu gehen3), wäre ganz unnütz, weil4 ich da jemand Anderes war.

Let this be a lesson to you never to lose your temper!" "Hold your tongue

Di siempre la verdad: piensa antes de hablar y escribe lo que digas después.