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Quotation by Lewis Carroll
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A Lesson in Latin (1860)Alice, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Macmillan (1865)Alice and the Cheshire Cat, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Macmillan (1865)Alice and the White Queen, in Through the Looking-Glass (1872)Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)Related Subjects
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"And how do you know that you're mad?"
"To begin with," the Cat said, "a dog's not mad. You grant that?"
"I suppose so," said Alice.
"Well then," the Cat went on, "you see a dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad."
"To begin with," the Cat said, "a dog's not mad. You grant that?"
"I suppose so," said Alice.
"Well then," the Cat went on, "you see a dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad."
Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898), British author, mathematician, clergyman. Cheshire Cat and Alice, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, ch. VI, Macmillan (1865).
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