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It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting!
It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting!
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.
A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men
A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men
There's a skin without and a skin within,
A covering skin and a lining skin,
But the read more
There's a skin without and a skin within,
A covering skin and a lining skin,
But the skin within is the skin without
Doubled and carried complete throughout.
He killed the noble Mudjokivis.
Of the skin he made him mittens,
Made them with the fur read more
He killed the noble Mudjokivis.
Of the skin he made him mittens,
Made them with the fur side inside,
Made them with the skin side outside.
He, to get the warm side inside,
Put the inside skin side outside;
He, to get the cold side outside,
Put the warm side fur side inside.
That's why he put the fur side inside,
Why he put the skin side outside,
Why he turned them inside outside.
'T was brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were read more
'T was brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and
then is pleasant.
[Lat., Misce stultitiam read more
Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and
then is pleasant.
[Lat., Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem:
Dulce est desipere in loco.]
Pure love produces pure nonsense.
Pure love produces pure nonsense.
No one is exempt from taking nonsense; the misfortune is to do it
solemnly.
No one is exempt from taking nonsense; the misfortune is to do it
solemnly.