Carolyn Wells
12 quotes
Biography
"A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye."
"Of two evils choose the prettier."
"A guilty conscience is the mother of invention."
"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."
"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."
"Purple Cow Parodies#By Carolyn Wells"
"We should live and learn but by the time we've learned it's too late to live."
"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."
"Adversity is neither friend nor foe. It is a common acquaintance that is desired less and rewarded most when embraced."
"Of two evils choose the prettier."
"Happiness is the ability to recognize it."