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“Tis a secret: none knows how it comes, how it goes: But the name of the secret is Love!”

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated)

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Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated)

The Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated) is a comprehensive compilation of the author's most famous and lesser-known stories, poems, and games. It features detailed illustrations that complement the whimsical and imaginative nature of Carroll's work, making it an appealing volume for both children and adults. more

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Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll, born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, photographer, and children's author. He is best known for his novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which is celebrated for its unique imagination, rich symbolism, and humor. more

“I believe this thought, of the possibility of death - if calmly realised, and steadily faced would be one of the best possible tests as to our going to any scene of amusement being right or wrong. If the thought of sudden death acquires, for you, a special horror when imagined as happening in a theatre, then be very sure the theatre is harmful for you, however harmless it may be for others; and that you are incurring a deadly peril in going.”

Ifs Believe May Would Be I Believe Special Possibility Horror Scene Happenings Tests Theatre Acquire Amusement Peril Realised Sudden Death Incurring

Book:Sylvie and Bruno

Source: Sylvie and Bruno

“Is a park any better than a coal mine? What's a mountain got that a slag pile hasn't? What would you rather have in your garden--an almond tree or an oil well?”

Wells Environment Tree Mines Mountain Garden Environmental Oil Parks Coal Stewardship Almonds Slag

Book:The Madwoman of Chaillot: Comedy in Two Acts

Source: The Madwoman of Chaillot: Comedy in Two Acts

“Young girls are the chatelaines of truth; they must see that it is protected, that the guilty lead the life of the guilty, even if the world rocks on its foundations.”

Ifs World Young Girl Rocks Foundation Guilty Protected

Book:Three plays

Source: Three plays

“An ancient custom obtains force of nature.”

Force Ancient Customs Forces Of Nature

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Everyone cleaves to the doctrine he has happened upon, as to a rock against which he has been thrown by tempest.”

Has Beens Happened Rocks Doctrine Thrown Tempest

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The illustrious and noble ought to place before them certain rules and regulations, not less for their hours of leisure and relaxation than for those of business.”

Certain Hours Ought Noble Leisure Regulation Relaxation Rules And Regulations

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“A good man will not lie, although it be for his profit.”

Men Lying Profit Good Man

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquility and peace.”

Way Shows Wisdom Passion Teach Danger Bears Fortune Injury Tranquility Moderation

Book:The Academic Questions, Treatise de Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of Marcus Tullius Cicero: With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero

Source: The Academic Questions, Treatise de Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of Marcus Tullius Cicero: With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero

“What times! What manners!”

Society Manners

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

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