Cheshire cat description. Lewis Carroll's Cats from Wonderland

Our world strives to be rational and very correct. So true that it’s hard to survive in it.

Quotes from the Cheshire Cat are wise, crazy recipes for not going crazy in this right world.

I have collected quotes for you. A total of 34 quotes from the most different works in which Alice lives and the Cheshire Cat philosophizes.

Cheshire Cat Quotes

How should I understand you?
- You don't need to understand me. Be sure to love and feed on time.

Only a madman can measure success by suffering.

Any journey begins with the first step. It's corny, but true.

Those who seek will definitely find... but there are also exceptions.

Those who learn from their mistakes are called a bad word.

It doesn't matter why the significant became insignificant. It happened, and that’s it.

When miracles become delirium, reason turns into madness.

What are those sounds over there? - asked Alice.
“Oh, these are miracles,” explained the Cheshire Cat indifferently.
- And what are they doing there? - the girl asked.
“As it should be,” the cat yawned. - They happen.

Flattering words often motivate the target to take action by learning their true meaning.

Joy and slavery do not live together under the same roof

He who seeks will always find...if he searches correctly.

You have two choices: one will lead you to happiness, the other will lead you to madness. My advice to you is don’t stumble.

I heard that it is wise to rely on yourself... now you have heard it too.

Guess the riddle: when does a croquet mallet look like a stun gun? The answer is obvious: whenever you want.

I'm not crazy, my reality is just different from yours.

She behaves in such a way that sometimes I regret that I began to muddy the waters of this still pool...

Some people don't see a way out even if they find one. Others simply don’t look...

Taking anything in this world seriously is a fatal mistake.
- Is life serious?
- Oh yes, life is serious! But not very...

They say seek and you will find, but no one says you will find.

In our world, everything is possible.
- Correction: in yours. In mine, everything is according to my rules.

Collect everything you find useful. Except indifference and ignorance. And then maybe you will survive.

Sometimes the reflection in the mirror is more real than the object itself...

If you don't know something, find out... or die!

Threats, promises and good intentions, none of these are actions.

At times, in her madness, I see glimpses of real talent.

When someone's head is in the clouds, someone's heart gets wet.

Destroy what can destroy you.

Those who say that there is nothing better to calm the nerves than a cup of tea have not actually tried real tea. It's like an injection of adrenaline straight to the heart.

Protective walls may get in your way, but the most impenetrable walls in the world are those that surround our hearts.

Sometimes, before asking a person for help, you should think carefully about how this help can turn out for you.

Stupid does not mean ignorant.

The paths that lead to disaster end the same way, but how do they lead?

Whoever says that too much of a good thing is bad is lying.

If the Cheshire Cat smiles, it means someone needs it

Probably the most interesting and curious character in world literature is the Cheshire Cat. This hero amazes with his ability to appear and disappear at the most unpredictable moments, leaving behind only a smile. No less interesting are the quotes from the Cheshire Cat, which amaze with their unusual logic and make you think about many questions. But this character appeared much earlier than the author wrote him into the book. And it’s quite interesting where the author got the idea for it.

Why is the cat smiling?

The Cheshire Cat was created by Lewis Carroll for the book Alice in Wonderland. It is noteworthy that in the first version of the story this character was absent and appeared only in 1865. Most likely, its appearance is due to the expression “the smile of the Cheshire Cat”, popular at that time. And this saying has two common versions of its origin. The author of the book himself was born and raised in Cheshire, and it was there that it was fashionable to paint lions above the entrance to taverns. But since no one saw these predators, they were given the appearance of toothy and smiling cats.

The second version is as follows: cheese wheels in the shape of smiling cats were produced in Cheshire and were popular throughout England. But what does the smile of the Cheshire Cat mean? There is still ongoing debate on this issue. Some philologists believe that this is still connected with cheese. Others dispute, saying that at that time even cats laughed at the “high” title that the county of Cheshire, which was a provincial province with a small size, ascribed to itself.

The Endangered Cat (Cheshire)

In addition to the smile, there is another equally interesting skill of this character - to dissolve and materialize in the air at will, but where did the author get this idea? At one time there was a legend about the Congleton cat: one fine day the abbess’s favorite disappeared, but a few days later the nun heard a familiar scratching sound.

Opening the door, she saw her beloved cat, who at that very moment disappeared into thin air. Since then, this ghost has been seen by many visitors to the abbey. Lewis Carroll himself was known for his penchant for mysticism and was probably impressed by this story, which he embodied in his character.

Cheshire Cat Country

Surely it would not be a lie to call Wonderland the kingdom of the Cheshire Cat. After all, from the first meeting in the Duchess’s kitchen, this character accompanied Alice. Moreover, he was her mentor and helped her get out of difficult and absurd situations, despite the fact that his dialogues with Alice did not always bring her pleasure, and sometimes were quite annoying. The philosophical questions that the Cheshire Cat loved to ask confused Alice, but, after thinking a little, she found a way out of situations thanks to them. His expressions have long been dissected into quotes, which are used to emphasize the absurdity of situations.

Character character

When reading the book, most readers got the impression that this character is quite friendly and nice. And indeed it is. The Cheshire Cat has some inexplicable charm despite the fact that he prefers a solitary life. He is optimistic, cheerful and will always come to the rescue in difficult times.

But at the same time, the cat is selfish and never admits his guilt due to stubbornness. He is extremely irritable and impulsive, due to which he can commit unseemly acts that he will regret in his soul, but will not admit to it. He is vain and a little crafty, although he himself cannot stand lies. His attitude towards himself is especially interesting, because the Cat considers himself crazy only because he is surrounded by crazy people. In general, this is the most contrasting and inimitable character in world literature.

Culture and the Cheshire Cat

This hero has long acquired a cult reputation, and his image is used by many authors in their works, for example, Jeff Noona, Andrzej Sapkowski, Jasper Fforde, Frank Beddor. The Cheshire Cat has gained enormous popularity in such an art form as anime. There are also a large number of comics with his participation. IN Lately Tattoos depicting the Cheshire cat have gained popularity.

But still the most interesting images characters were embodied in the adventures of Alice. The popular Disney cartoon, released in 1951, introduces this cat as an intellectual with a mischievous personality who is sometimes classified as one of Disney's villains. IN computer game about the adventures of Alice in a Wonderland spoiled by nightmares called Alice Madness Returns, this hero appeared before us in the form of a thin cat with tattoos, but continues to act as a travel guide and, with his quotes, makes the main character think about the events.

We saw another remarkable Cheshire Cat in the film adaptation of Alice's adventures from Tim Burton. Although he was a computer character, he was still remembered for his half-screen smile and tireless zeal to give useful tips. This hero had elegance, calmness and impressiveness, as well as the ability to hide cowardice under a seductive smile. His ability to get out of ridiculous situations was demonstrated at the moment when the Hatter accused the cat of running away when the Red Queen seized the throne. But thanks to his talents and skills, Cheshire was rehabilitated among his friends and made amends.

The cat is unusual for his smile, because animals, including cats, do not know how to smile

“Please tell me why your cat smiles so much? —
asked Alice timidly. She didn't know if she should speak
first, but couldn't resist.
“Because,” said the Duchess. - This is a Cheshire cat -
that's why! Oh you little pig!
She spoke the last words with such fury that Alice
jumped right up. But she immediately realized that this did not apply to
to her, but to the baby, and continued with determination:
- I didn’t know that Cheshire cats always smile. By
To tell the truth, I didn’t even know that cats could smile.
“They know how,” answered the Duchess. “And almost everyone smiles.”
“I’ve never seen a single cat like this,” she said politely.
Alice, very pleased that the conversation is going so well.
“You haven’t seen much,” the Duchess snapped. “That’s too much.”
exactly!”

He thinks he's out of his mind

« “There’s nothing you can do,” the Cat objected. - We are not all here
in your mind - both you and me.
- How do you know that I'm out of my mind? - asked
Alice.
“Of course, not in his own way,” answered the Cat. - Otherwise how would you
ended up here?
This argument did not seem at all convincing to Alice, but she
I didn’t argue, but just asked:
- How do you know that you are out of your mind?
- Let's start with the fact that the dog is sane. Agree?
“Let’s say,” Alice agreed.
“Next,” said the Cat. - The dog grumbles when he’s angry, but
When happy, he wags his tail. Well, I grumble when I'm happy,
and I wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore, I'm out of my depth
mind.
“In my opinion, you don’t grumble, but purr,” objected Alice.
- At least that's what I call it.
“Call it what you want,” answered the Cat. - That's not the point
is changing"

He can disappear and appear again

“Are you playing croquet at the Queen's today?
“I would very much like to,” said Alice, “but I’m still
not invited.
“Then see you in the evening,” said the Cat and disappeared.
Alice was not very surprised by this - she had already begun to get used to it.
to all sorts of oddities. She stood and looked at the branch where
The Cat had just been sitting, when suddenly he appeared again on the same
place.
- By the way, what happened to the child? - said the Cat. - At all
I forgot to ask you.
“He turned into a pig,” answered Alice, and with her eye
without blinking.
“I thought so,” said the Cat and disappeared again.
Alice waited a little to see if he would appear again, but he did not
appeared, and she went to where, according to him, Martovsky lived
Hare.
“I’ve already seen hatmakers,” she said about
myself - the March Hare, in my opinion, is much more interesting. Besides
It's May now - perhaps he's already come to his senses a little.
Then she looked up and saw the Cat again.
- What did you say: a pig or a gosling? - asked the Cat.
“I said: into a pig,” answered Alice. - And you
can you disappear and appear less suddenly? Otherwise I have
head is spinning.
“Okay,” said the Cat and disappeared - this time very
slowly. The tip of his tail disappeared first, and the last
smile; she hovered in the air for a long time, when everything else had already
gone.
- Y-yes! - thought Alice. - I've seen cats without a smile,
but smiles without a cat! I have never seen anything like this in my life"

He is wise

“A few steps away from her, the Cheshire Cat was sitting on a branch. Seeing Alice, the Cat just smiled. He looked good-natured, but his claws were long and he had so many teeth that Alice immediately realized that he was not to be trifled with.
- Kitty! Cheshik! - Alice began timidly. She didn't know if he would like the name, but he only smiled wider in response.
“Nothing,” thought Alice, “he seems happy.”
She asked out loud:
- Tell me, please, where should I go from here?
-Where do you want to go? - answered the Cat.
“I don’t care...” said Alice.
“Then it doesn’t matter where you go,” said the Cat.
“... just to get somewhere,” Alice explained.
“You’ll definitely end up somewhere,” said the Cat. “You just need to walk long enough.”

Why, among all the other heroes of Carroll's fairy tale (March Hare, White Rabbit, Caterpillar, Frog), did the Cheshire Cat become especially popular? Probably because of the weakness that people have for cats. It’s not without reason that Bulgakov made the cat Behemoth one of the cutest characters

"Alice in Wonderland"

The fairy tale "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is liked not only by children, but also by adults. The work belongs to English writer and mathematician Lewis Carroll, whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.

Unlike most authors, Carroll did not build any schemes and storylines, the story about the journey began by itself. One day the author was traveling along the river in the company of his friend Henry Lidell and his three daughters, among whom was Alice Lidell. A ten-year-old girl asked the writer to tell some interesting story. That's when the image was born main character tales of the traveler Alice. The story impressed the listeners so much that the girls asked to record it. The next day, Lewis Carroll began writing a literary work.

Thanks to the original plot and non-standard form presentation, the journey of the main character Alice is of interest to linguists, logicians, mathematicians and philosophers. The first critical reviews were negative character, and only decades later the readership recognized that it was in the “madness” of the book that its real value lay. Famous fairy tale about Alice is replete with philosophical sayings, knowing which you can always give your interlocutor valuable advice.

Everything is as always - what a disgrace!

Good at least as always, not worse!)

I have already seen hat makers. The March Hare, in my opinion, is much more interesting. Besides, it’s May now—perhaps he’s already come to his senses a little.

At least I sincerely hope so...

Don't be sad. Sooner or later everything will become clear, everything will fall into place and line up in a single beautiful pattern, like lace. It will become clear why everything was needed, because everything will be right.

You just need to wait a little.

I don't see how he can ever finish if he has no intention of starting.

And it’s unlikely that he’ll ever get around to starting.

Now, for example, I was desperate for two hours... with jam and sweet buns.

Everyone would be so desperate)

You can't do what you shouldn't do.

And if you imagine for a moment what is possible?

Who needs a head without shoulders?

And shoulders without a head are somehow not very good.

Don't grunt. Express your thoughts in a different way!

More humane, if possible.

It's getting weirder and weirder! More and more wonderful! More and more curious! It’s getting weirder and weirder, everything’s miraculous and miraculous!

Cheshire Cat Quotes

Every adventure has to start somewhere... it's corny, but even here it's true...

True true.

I'm not crazy, my reality is just different from yours.

Just as he’s not like everyone else, he’s immediately crazy. Maybe they're all crazy, not me.

No matter how you look, you must look in the right direction.

Where is this right direction?

The fact is that while you are small, you can see what is invisible to you when you are big.

Don't rush to grow up.

I love psychos: only they understand the world around us, only with them I can find a common language.

No, I’m not crazy myself, I just adore them.

Those who choose the difficult path are called fools.

In life, many things happen the other way around.

Confidence and recklessness are two sides of the same coin.

If you believe even the craziest thoughts, they can become reality.

Watch, learn, act.

Learn first, and only then act.

Sometimes the reflection in the mirror is more real than the object itself.

The mirror won't lie.

At times, in her madness, I see glimpses of real talent.

This is how real talent most often manifests itself.

Stupid does not mean ignorant.

Please take this into account.
You don't need to understand me. Be sure to love and feed on time.

Sometimes you can still iron.

Threats, promises and good intentions - none of these are actions.

But faith is sometimes stronger than any action, although in its essence it is complete inaction.

You have two choices: one will lead you to happiness, the other will lead you to madness. My advice to you is don’t stumble.

Do you want to become happy?

Hatter Quotes

Anyone who is sane would hardly dream of me.

Draw your own conclusion...

Nowadays everyone travels railway, but hat transportation is much more reliable and pleasant.

And cheaper.

The less you know, the easier it is to control you.

A lot of knowledge will not allow others to manipulate you.

Sometimes I admire you from top to bottom, sometimes vice versa.

Beautiful, no matter how you look at it.

Why are you helping me?
- Do you need a reason to help a very nice girl in a very wet dress?

A smart person will understand that he needs help, without any requests.

Bunny Quotes

Everything would be fine, but here is the Duchess, Duchess! She'll be furious if I'm late! That's exactly where she'll come!

Oh, if only She was late, and not me.

And this Duchess! My little head was gone, and my skin was gone, and so was my antennae! Write it's gone! She orders me to be executed, she has no mercy!

I'm most sorry for the skin.

You are a disturbing element. An unnecessary creature. If you do what you want, you bring a lot of problems.

But that doesn't mean you shouldn't do what you want.

Other hero quotes

How do you think anyone would want a child who doesn't think? Even a joke should have some kind of thought, but a child, you must admit, is not a joke at all!

Everyone must think, even the little ones.

The best way to explain is to do it yourself!

It will be much faster this way.

Who you are?
- I am the Blue Caterpillar.
- What are you doing here?
- Sitting. I smoke. I'm waiting for changes.

Should I drink something else, maybe change will come faster?!

A lot of Cheshire cats in the pictures from me...

Continuing the topic about Lewis Carroll, I will tell you where he came from, this most smiling cat in the world.
From a Lewis Carroll fairy tale, you say. And, of course, you can't go wrong. A mysterious and completely unusual smile for cats has become a trademark of the fairy tale “Alice in Wonderland.” But the Cheshire Cat existed even before Carroll invented the inquisitive and sensible Alice and Wonderland with its eccentric citizens.

In the original version of the tale (1864), there was no Cheshire cat. It appeared in 1865.

The cheshire cat in the 1866 edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by John Tenniel.
from here: http://readerbreeder.tumblr.com/

The main feature of the Cheshire Cat is that, when it pleases, it disappears into thin air and leaves behind only a sardonic smile. The expression “smiles like a Cheshire cat” was very popular in England at that time. There are at least two options to explain where this expression came from.

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First: in Cheshire, where the storyteller Carroll was born, an unknown painter painted grinning cats over the doors of taverns. Actually, these should have been lions or leopards, but cats were apparently closer to the Cheshire soul.

from here: http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/pictures/cheshire-cat-pictures.html

Second: the appearance of smiling cats was given to Cheshire cheeses; their history goes back quite a few centuries. By the way, every year in February an interesting competition is held in Chester - the cheese rolling championship. Cheese is rolled ahead of the annual Food and Drink gastronomic festival. The residents of Chester faithfully support the Cheshire, Steelton and Lancashire teams, who in turn must faithfully overcome all obstacles. It all starts at 11 am. The Dean of Chester Cathedral gives the go-ahead for the race to begin, and the wheel of Cheshire cheese is rolled around Chester Gate, built in the 14th century on the site of a Roman rampart, and rolled towards the gate at Bridge Street Bridge.

from here: http://www.ebbemunk.dk/alice/alice13.html

From the "Book of Fictitious Creatures" you can find out that in English language There is an expression “grin like a Cheshire cat”, which means “to grin sardonically like a Cheshire cat.” Various explanations are given for the expression. One thing reminds us again of white Cheshire cheese.

By Anna Richards, SR., 1895 (After Tenniel), from here: http://www.liveinternet.ru/users/4149282/post169965366/

The second has to do with the Cheshire county - English jokers claimed that “even cats laughed at the high rank of a small county.” The third version says that during the reign of Richard the Third, an honest forester, Caterling, lived in Cheshire, who caught poachers and grinned sardonically at the same time.

from here: http://www.magicofdisneyart.co.uk/

But the Cheshire Cat from Wonderland adopted the ability to disappear from the ghost of the Congleton Cat. During his life, this cat was the favorite of the caretaker of the abbey, but one fine day he did not return home after another walk... A few days later, the woman heard scratching at the door; Her beloved cat was sitting on the threshold, however, a moment later he disappeared, as if he had evaporated into thin air. Ghost white cat seen by hundreds of people over the years. He appeared every evening, and was seen by the caretaker, her friends, and visitors to the Cheshire Abbey. Carroll was apparently inspired by this story and used the image of the Congleton Ghost to create his smiling Cheshire Cat.

Oksana Zaika, from here: http://www.liveinternet.ru/users/treasure50/post124940239/

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The image of a grinning cat, able to dissolve into thin air, leaving behind only a smile, entertaining Alice not only with conversations, but also sometimes with un-cat-like philosophical speculations, also appears in works based on Carroll’s fairy tale. The Cheshire cat can be seen in the Disney cartoon about Alice in Wonderland. The cat became one of the characters in the video game based on the Disney cartoon. In the computer game American McGee's Alice there is a very colorful looking Cheshire Cat, he plays the role of Alice's guide and companion in a virtual wonderland.

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