Quote#Wisdom
If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics – it…
Quote byLewis Carroll · 1832–1898
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Three Years in a Curatorship, By One Whom It Has Tried, 1886.
English (original)
If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics – it does not matter that they should be accurate, or even intelligible, so long as there is enough of them.
— Lewis Carroll
More from Lewis Carroll
I charm in vain; for never again, All keenly as my glance I bend, Will Memory, goddess coy, Embody for my joy Departed days, nor let me gaze On thee, my fairy friend!
As you have invited me, I cannot come, for I have made a rule to decline all invitations; but I will come the next day.
The White Knight must not have whiskers; he must not be made to look old.
To Her, whose children's smiles fed the narrator's fancy and were his rich reward: from the Author.
But surely you trust God! Do you think He would let you come to harm? To be afraid is to distrust.
"What may I do?" at length I cried, Tired of the painful task. The fairy quietly replied, And said "You must not ask."