“Go on till you come to the end; then stop.”
“Begin at the beginning," I said, "and go on till you come to the end. Then stop.”
“Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”
“Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?" he asked. "Begin at the beginning," the King said gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”
“I'll go on writing till the end of my days. I have been writing too long to stop.”
“Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop. The line from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland drifted through my mind, and I smiled. Good advice, I supposed – but only if you happened to know where the beginning was, and I didn’t quite.”