Then you should say what you mean, " the March Hare went on. "I do, " Alice hastily replied; "at least--at least I mean what I say--that's the same thing, you know." "Not the same thing a bit! " said the Hatter. "You might just as well say that "I see what I eat" is the same thing as "I eat what I see"! Lewis Carroll
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In this quote from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, the March Hare and the Hatter are arguing about what it means to say what you mean. The Hatter thinks that Alice is saying the same thing as she says, but she is not. He thinks that she is repeating from memory what she has just said. The March Hare, on the other hand, thinks that Alice is saying something different than she means. He thinks that hearing her say one thing and meaning another is exactly the same thing as meaning something else and saying something else.

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