| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 2019 |
| AUTHOR: | Lewis Carroll (1832–98) |
| QUOTATION: | “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that’s all.” |
| ATTRIBUTION: | LEWIS CARROLL (Charles L. Dodgson), Through the Looking-Glass, chapter 6, p. 205 (1934). First published in 1872. |
| SUBJECTS: | Words |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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