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Totally mad. Utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense.
Totally mad. Utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense.
'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.
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.
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.
How pleasant to know Mr. Lear!
Who has written such volumes of stuff!
Some think him ill-tempered read more
How pleasant to know Mr. Lear!
Who has written such volumes of stuff!
Some think him ill-tempered and queer,
But a few think him pleasant enough.
Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited
Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited
Nonsense is an assertion of man's spiritual freedom in spite of all the oppressions of circumstance
Nonsense is an assertion of man's spiritual freedom in spite of all the oppressions of circumstance
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.]
Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
Nonsense and beauty have close connections.