"Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be;……" — Lewis Carroll

"Contrariwise, 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

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310 Quotes by Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll has 310 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then.
There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents, and only one for birthday presents, you…
One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for…
'But I don't want to go among mad people,' said Alice. 'Oh, you can't help that,' said the cat. 'We're…
She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).
Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
'The time has come,' the walrus said, 'to talk of many things: of shoes and ships - and sealing wax…
Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it…
It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.
Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.

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More Contrariwise Quotes

This quote is filed under Contrariwise Quotes, one of 11 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrariwise we find things beautiful because their novelty surprises us. — W. Somerset Maugham
It can be shown that an incorporeal and reasonable being has life in itself independently of the body... then it… — Origen
Man must not check reason by tradition, but contrariwise, must check tradition by reason. — Leo Tolstoy
Blindness to the aesthetic element in mathematics is widespread and can account for a feeling that mathematics is dry as… — Philip J. Davis
Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can… — Robert A. Heinlein
I wish to write such rhymes as shall not suggest a restraint, but contrariwise the wildest freedom. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I dislike a picture that is too suave or too skilfully done. But, contrariwise, I also dislike a picture that… — Robert Motherwell
Secrecy is the keystone to all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy and censorship. When any government or church for that… — Robert A. Heinlein
The difference between you and her (whom I to you did once prefer) Is clear enough to settle: She like… — Robert Graves
The sun may set and rise: But we contrariwise Sleep after our short light One everlasting night. — Sir Walter Raleigh

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