Explore Quotes by Carolyn Wells

Of two evils choose the prettier.

A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.

Every dogma must have its day.

It is the interest one takes in books that makes a library. And if a library have interest it is; if not, it isn't.

A critic is a necessary evil, and criticism is an evil necessity.

Take care of your common sense, and your dignity will take care of itsself

Happiness is the ability to recognize it.

A fool and his money are soon married.

A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time.

Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive.

The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry_x000D__x000D_The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy_x000D__x000D_The books that people talk about we never can recall_x000D__x000D_And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all.

You wouldn't believe On All Hallow Eve What lots of fun we can make, With apples to bob, And nuts on the hob, And a ring-and-thimble cake.

A guilty conscience is the mother of invention.

I am more fond of achieving than striving. My theories must prove to be facts or be discarded as worthless. My efforts must soon be crowned with success, or discontinued.

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife, This simple boon I beg of Fate - A thousand years of Middle Life.

I don't believe the half I hear,_x000D__x000D_Nor the quarter of what I see!_x000D__x000D_But I have one faith, sublime and true,_x000D__x000D_That nothing can shake or slay;_x000D__x000D_Each spring I firmly believe anew_x000D__x000D_All the seed catalogues say!

'Tis blessed to bestow, and yet,_x000D__x000D_Could we bestow the gifts we get,_x000D__x000D_And keep the ones we give away,_x000D__x000D_How happy were our Christmas day!

I love the Christmas-tide, and yet,_x000D__x000D_I notice this, each year I live;_x000D__x000D_I always like the gifts I get,_x000D__x000D_But how I love the gifts I give!