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Lewis Carroll

English author; b. 1832; d. 1898

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#  ·  **-- Not So Good (7 ratings)  ·  submitted 1998 (updated 1999)

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

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (hardcover)

#  ·  **-- Not So Good (6 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

"Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic."

Lewis Carroll, in Wisdom and Ignorance

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