“Only the insane equate pain with success."
"The uninformed must improve their deficit, or die."
_Cheshire Cat”

—  Lewis Carroll

Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories

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English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer 1832–1898

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