"We are but older children, dear, Who fret……" — Lewis Carroll

We are but older children, dear, Who fret to find our bedtime… - Lewis Carroll

"We are but older children, dear, Who fret to find our bedtime near."

— 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 Aging Quotes

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Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we… — Chinua Achebe
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their… — Margaret Atwood
The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet. — Saint Augustine
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. — Marcus Aurelius
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. — Lauren Bacall
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to… — Francis Bacon
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. — Francis Bacon
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. — Francis Bacon

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