"Where one is hopelessly undecided as to what to say, there (as Confucius would have said, if they had given him the opportunity) silence is golden."
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"This was charming, no doubt; but they shortly found out That the Captain they trusted so well Had only one notion for crossing the ocean, And that was to tingle his bell."
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"The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth."
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"Abstract qualities begin With capitals alway: The True, the Good, the Beautiful- Those are the things that pay!"
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"I think I should understand that better, if I had it written down: but I can't quite follow it as you say it."
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"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."
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"Why is a raven like a writing desk? - Mad Hatter I haven't the slightest idea. - Alice"
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"In a wonderland they lie, dreaming as the days go by"
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"Beautiful soup! Who cares for fish, game or any other dish? Who would not give all else for two pennyworth of beautiful soup?"
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"She tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing."
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""Try another Subtraction sum. Take a bone from a dog: what remains?" [asked the Red Queen] Alice considered. "The bone wouldn't remain, of course, if I took it-and the dog wouldn't remain; it would come to bite me-and I'm sure I shouldn't remain!" "Then you think nothing would remain?" said the Red Queen. "I think that's the answer." "Wrong, as usual," said the Red Queen, "the dog's temper would remain.""
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"When the sands are all dry, he is gay as a lark, And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark: But, when the tide rises and sharks are around, His voice has a timid and tremulous sound."
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"I can explain all the poems that were ever invented - and a good many that haven't been invented just yet."
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"What a funny watch!’ she remarked. ‘It tells the day of the month, and doesn’t tell what o’clock it is!’ ‘Why should it?’ muttered the Hatter. ‘Does YOUR watch tell you what year it is?’ ‘Of course not,’ Alice replied very readily: ‘but that’s because it stays the same year for such a long time together.’ ‘Which is just the case with MINE,’ said the Hatter."
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""In my youth," said his father, "I look to the law, And argued each case with my wife; And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw Has lasted the rest of my life.""
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"It’s a miserable story!” said Bruno. “It begins miserably, and it ends miserablier. I think I shall cry. Sylvie, please lend me your handkerchief.” “I haven’t got it with me,” Sylvie whispered. “Then I won’t cry,” said Bruno manfully."
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"Is all our Life, then but a dream Seen faintly in the golden gleam Athwart Time's dark resistless stream?"
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"The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might: He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright-- And this was odd, because it was The middle of the night."
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"We haven't any and you're too young."
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"How puzzling all these changes are! I'm never sure what I'm going to be, from one minute to another."
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