Quote#Nature
There is an insect that people avoid
Quote byLewis Carroll · 1832–1898
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Rhyme? and Reason? (1883), A Sea Dirge.
English (original)
There is an insect that people avoid (Whence is derived the verb 'to flee'). Where have you been by it most annoyed? In lodgings by the Sea.
— Lewis Carroll
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