889 Quotes by Lewis Carroll

But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day, If your Snark be a Boojum! for then You will softly and suddenly vanish away, And never be met with again!

The Good and Great must ever shun That reckless and abandoned one Who stoops to perpetrate a pun.

In a Wonderland they lie, Dreaming as the days go by, Dreaming as the summers die: Ever drifting down the stream- Lingering in the golden gleam- Life, what is it but a dream?

As a general rule, do not kick the shins of the opposite gentleman under the table, if personally unaquainted with him; your pleasantry is liable to be misunderstood--a circumstance at all times unpleasant.

But I was thinking of a way To feed oneself on batter, And so go on from day to day Getting a little fatter.

They lived at the bottom of a well - . . . They lived on treacle.

Do you know, I always thought unicorns were fabulous monsters, too? I never saw one alive before!" Well, now that we have seen each other," said the unicorn, "if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you.

I'm very brave generally,' he went on in a low voice: 'only today I happen to have a headache.' (Tweedledum)

It is always allowable to ask for artichoke jelly with your boiled venison; however there are houses where this is not supplied.