Author of quotes: Lewis Carroll



Tell me first who I am! If I like it, I'll move up, and if I don't, I'll stay here until I turn into someone else!
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At one station we first tried the local soup, shchi (pronounced shtshee), which turned out to be quite edible, although it contained some sour ingredient, perhaps necessary for the Russian palate.
Quote Explanation: Diary of a trip to Russia, 1867
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You know, one of the biggest losses in battle is losing your head.
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Love for Alice Gray!
Quote Explanation: Verse by L. Carroll k Alice
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They taught me to work and read books.
Quote Explanation: Explanation in the comments of the book. Original verse
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"Please don't worry," Alice said.
"Well, what are you, is that a concern," the Duchess objected. - I Give You Everything That
I had time to say.
"A trifling gift," Alice thought to herself. - It's good that they don't give such birthdays! However, she did not dare to say it out loud.
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But blink, night star!
Quote Explanation: Explanations in the comments of the book. Original verse.
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Love! The Truth Led
Love, not fear.
Love! - Good deeds
They will not turn to dust.
Love the Little Child
With patience and attentive -
Who knows? It's our guest,
And the farewell is coming.
Quote Explanation: The original verse quoted in the book's commentary.
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"Papa William," said the inquisitive son, "Your head is all set to a new place,
But you are healthy and strong, having lived to gray hair,
What do you think is the big deal?
"In his early youth," the elder said in response, "I knew: our spring is fleeting.
And I have been healthing since infancy,
I didn't waste my energy carelessly.
Quote Explanation: Explanations in the comments
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The caterpillar holds Locke's view of
immutability of personality, which is primarily expressed in the stability of memory. The personality is aware of itself as such, because it remembers its own past and is able to revive in memory its personal experience.
Quote Explanation: In the comments of the book
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- What do you! - objected Alice. - I did not even have this in my thoughts! You just get offended all the time.
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What were you, Alice, like in your adoptive father's eyes? How does he describe you? Loving first; loving and gentle - loving as a dog (sorry for the prosaic comparison, but I don't know of any other love that
would be as pure and beautiful), and gentle as a doe; and then courteous - courteous to all, whether tall, low, majestic or funny, to the King or the Caterpillar, as if she herself was a royal daughter, and the dress on her is pure gold; and still gullible, ready to accept all the most incredible with a conviction that is familiar only to dreamers; and finally, inquisitive - inquisitive to the extreme, with that taste for Life, which is available only to a happy childhood, when everything is new and good, and Sin and Sorrow are just words - empty words that mean nothing!
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Start from the beginning and carry on until you reach the end; then stop.
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As Alice got on a Chess Board, a White Pawn, on the eleventh move had become Queen.
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