It's too late to correct it: when you've once said a thing, that fixes it, and you must take the consequences.
Lewis Carrollhave i gone mad? im afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usualy are.
Lewis CarrollReeling and Writhing of course, to begin with,' the Mock Turtle replied, 'and the different branches of arithmetic-ambition, distraction, uglification, and derision.
Lewis CarrollWhen the sands are all dry, he is gay as a lark, And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark: But, when the tide rises and sharks are around, His voice has a timid and tremulous sound.
Lewis CarrollAlice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, โand what is the use of a book,โ thought Alice, โwithout pictures or conversation?
Lewis Carroll