"The proper definition of a man is an……" — Lewis Carroll

"The proper definition of a man is an animal that writes letters."

— 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…
Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't,…
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.

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More Animal Quotes

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At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult. — Isaac Asimov
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will… — Francis of Assisi
People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile. — David Attenborough
There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the… — David Attenborough
Birds are the most popular group in the animal kingdom. We feed them and tame them and think we know… — David Attenborough
The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual… — David Attenborough
I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how… — David Attenborough
I'm not an animal lover if that means you think things are nice if you can pat them, but I… — David Attenborough
If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in… — David Attenborough
Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware… — David Attenborough

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