← I can’t tell you just now what the moral of that is, but I shall remember it in a bit.’ 🔊
← ‘Everything’s got a moral, if only you can find it.’ And she squeezed herself up closer to Alice’s side as she spoke. 🔊
← ‘’Tis so,’ said the Duchess: ‘and the moral of that is--“Oh, ’tis love, ’tis love, that makes the world go round!”’ 🔊
← ‘Ah, well! It means much the same thing,’ said the Duchess, digging her sharp little chin into Alice’s shoulder as she added, ‘and the moral of that is--“Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves.”’ 🔊
← ‘How fond she is of finding morals in things!’ Alice thought to herself. 🔊
← ‘flamingoes and mustard both bite. And the moral of that is--“Birds of a feather flock together.”’ 🔊
← And the moral of that is--“The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours.”’ 🔊
← ‘I quite agree with you,’ said the Duchess; ‘and the moral of that is--“Be what you would seem to be”-- 🔊
← But here, to Alice’s great surprise, the Duchess’s voice died away, even in the middle of her favourite word ‘moral,’ and the arm that was linked into hers began to tremble. 🔊