“It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.”
More from Lewis Carroll on Wisdom
“Tut, tut, child!" said the Duchess. "Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.”
“you're entirly bonkers but I'll tell you a secret all the best people are”
“am i insane" asked alice"yes, but all the best people are" replied her father”
“Take care of the sense and the sounds will take of care themselves.”
“Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”
“have i gone mad?im afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usualy are.”
Others on Wisdom
Sun Tzu
30 quotes“Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.”
Dalai Lama
22 quotes“Compassion is the radicalism of our time.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Little by little does the trick.”
Confucius
19 quotes“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
Napoleon
16 quotes“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”
George Washington
14 quotes“Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.”
Rudyard Kipling
14 quotes“I keep six honest serving men. (They taught me all I know) Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and...”
Khalil Gibran
14 quotes“Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”