Collection
Classic words to reflect on
One hundred excerpts from ten classic writers, paired with source links and context.
Collection
One hundred excerpts from ten classic writers, paired with source links and context.

Who in the world am I?

Curiouser and curiouser!

Begin at the beginning,

weβre all mad here.

She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it),

Everythingβs got a moral, if only you can find it.

because they lessen from day to day.

Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.

Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves.

Well! Iβve often seen a cat without a grin,

Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity to what we would have others think of us.

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others.

My courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.

I dearly love a laugh.

Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

Till this moment, I never knew myself.

angry people are not always wise;

A ladyβs imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony, in a moment.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

You must learn some of my philosophy.

Trust thyself:

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

the only way to have a friend is to be one.