Carolyn Wells Quotes

A guilty conscience is the mother of invention.
Carolyn Wells

Mother, Guilty, Conscience

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

Blessed, Give, Advice

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

Time, Moment, Wrong

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

Mind, Looks, Eye

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.
Carolyn Wells

Makes, Books, Library

Of two evils choose the prettier.
Carolyn Wells

Two, Choose, Evils

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.
Carolyn Wells

Life, Age, Simple

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.
Carolyn Wells

Success, Facts, Striving

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: June 18, 1862

Died: March 26, 1942

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