Lewis Carroll - “Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee...”

“Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.”

Lewis Carroll Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

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