Everything’s got a moral, if only you can find it.
Lewis CarrollAlice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865 · Chapter IX: The Mock Turtle’s Story
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Lewis Carroll · Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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“Everything’s got a moral, if only you can find it.”
- Author
- Lewis Carroll
- Work
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Year
- 1865
- Chapter / part
- Chapter IX: The Mock Turtle’s Story
- Length
- 10 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #11
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