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A Quote by Madeleine L'Engle on equality, semantics, words, and language

Like and equal are two entirely different things. Source:  A Wrinkle in Time Contributed by:  Tsuya read more

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A Quote by Lewis Carroll on offense, pardon, politeness, confusion,...

'I beg your pardon?' Alice said with a puzzled air.'I'm not offended,' said Humpty Dumpty. Source:  Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There Pages:  Chapter 6 Contributed by:  Tsuya read more

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A Quote by Lewis Carroll on semantics and insults

'It's very provoking,' Humpty Dumpty said after a long silence, looking away from Alice as he spoke, 'to be called an egg - very!''I said you looked like an egg, Sir,' Alice gently explained. Source:...

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A Quote by Lewis Carroll on sight, semantics, and nobody

'I see nobody on the road,' said Alice.'I only wish I had such eyes,' the King remarked in a fretful tone.  'To be able to see Nobody!  And at that distance, too!  Why, it's as much as I can do to see...

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