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Carolyn Wells
13 quotes
“A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.”
Carolyn Wells (1862–1942) first seen 1186 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mixed Maxims", in Puck, vol. 45, no. 1186 (July 12, 1899) p. 13
“Of two evils choose the prettier.”
Carolyn Wells (1862–1942) first seen 1899 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Modern Aphorisms", in The Academy, vol. 62 (August 19, 1899) p. 181 (from the Criterion)
“A guilty conscience is the mother of invention.”
Carolyn Wells (1862–1942) first seen 1901 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mixed Maxims", in The Century Magazine, vol. 62, no. 2 (June 1901) p. 320
“A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time.”
Carolyn Wells (1862–1942) first seen 1904 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Folly for the Wise (Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1904) "More Mixed Maxims", p. 159
“The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy; The books that people talk about we never can recall; And the books that people give us — oh, they’re the worst of all!”
Carolyn Wells (1862–1942) first seen 1910 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Books", in Harper's Monthly Magazine, vol. 121, no. 723 (August 1910) p. 484
“I love the Christmas-tide, and yet, I notice this, each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, But how I love the gifts I give!”
Carolyn Wells (1862–1942) first seen 1623 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Thought", in Life, vol. 62, no. 1623 (December 4, 1913) p. 962
“A noble theme!” the tyro cried; And straightway scribbled off a sonnet. “A noble theme,” the poet sighed; “I am not fit to write upon it.”
Carolyn Wells (1862–1942) first seen 1926 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Humility", in The Ladies' Home Journal, vol. 43, no. 8 (August 1926) p. 158
“They borrow books they will not buy, They have no ethics or religions; I wish some kind Burbankian guy Could cross my books with homing pigeons!”
Carolyn Wells (1862–1942) first seen 1932 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Non-Returnable", in The Literary Digest, vol. 112, no. 9 (February 27, 1932) p. 26
“Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive.”
Carolyn Wells (1862–1942) first seen 1937 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Rest of My Life (J. B. Lippincott Co., 1937) "The Vice of Advice", p. 71
“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 (1862–1942) first seen 1937 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Rest of My Life (1937) "Libraries at Large", p. 199
“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 (1862–1942) first seen 1937 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: My Boon", reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 11th ed. (New York, 1938 [1937]) p. 812
“He laughs best who laughs last, The wiseacres vow; But I am impatient, I want to laugh now.”
Carolyn Wells (1862–1942) first seen 1938 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Delays Are Dangerous", st. 1, reported in Bartlett's (1938) p. 812
“I don't believe the half I hear, Nor the quarter of what I see! But I have one faith, sublime and true, That nothing can shake or slay; Each spring I firmly believe anew All the seed catalogues say!”
Carolyn Wells (1862–1942) first seen 1938 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: One Firm Faith", reported in Bartlett's (1938) p. 813