Quote by Lewis Carroll

A sadder vision yet: thine aged sire Shaming his hoary locks with treacherous wile! And dost thou now doubt Truth to be a liar? And wilt thou die, that hast forgot to smile?

A sadder vision yet: thine aged sire Shaming his hoary locks

Summary

This quote speaks to the sadness and disappointment the speaker feels towards someone, possibly their father, who has lost their moral compass and is using deception and manipulation despite their old age. The quote also questions the person's lack of trust in truth and their refusal to find joy in life. It conveys a sense of disillusionment and lamentation over the person's betrayal and their apparent resignation to a joyless existence.

Topics

Truth Doubt Vision

By Lewis Carroll

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed)

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us.

Thomas Jefferson

Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective

Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.

It is because I believe that it is in the power of such nati

It is because I believe that it is in the power of such nations to lead the world back into the paths of peace that I propose to devote myself to explaining what, in my opinion, can and should be done to banish the fear of war that hangs so heavily over the world.

Arthur Henderson

Opinions are made to be changed --or how is truth to be got

Opinions are made to be changed --or how is truth to be got at?

Lord (George Gordon) Byron

For so many years, I felt so insecure, so inferior, and I st

For so many years, I felt so insecure, so inferior, and I still have those moments, but I have a newfound confidence since I got in shape and changed my diet.

Adversities do not make a man frail. They show what sort of

Adversities do not make a man frail. They show what sort of man he is.

Each generation produces its squad of moderns with peashoote

Each generation produces its squad of moderns with peashooters to attack Gibraltar.

Channing Pollock

I have a fear of poverty in old age. I have this vision of m

I have a fear of poverty in old age. I have this vision of myself living in a skip and eating cat food. It's because I'm freelance, and I've never had a proper job. I don't have a pension, and my savings are dwindling. I always thought someone would just come along and look after me.

Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn

Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.

Chinese Proverb

You become what you think about.

You become what you think about.

Earl Nightingale

Any informed borrower is simply less vulnerable to fraud and

Any informed borrower is simply less vulnerable to fraud and abuse.

Among the letters my readers write me, there is a certain ca

Among the letters my readers write me, there is a certain category which is continuously growing, and which I see as a symptom of the increasing intellectualization of the relationship between readers and literature.