If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. - Lewis Carroll (1832 - 98): Through the Looking-glass (Tweedledum and Tweedledee)
(The original illustration by John Tenniel)
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もしそうだったら、そうかもしれぬ。仮にそうだったとしたら、そうなるだろう。ところがそうではないのだから、そうじゃない。 - ルイス・キャロル (1832 - 98): 『鏡の国のアリス』（トウィードルダムとトウィードルディー）
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