Carolyn Wells Quotes
Happiness is the ability to recognize it.
Every dogma must have its day.
Of two evils, choose the prettier.
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; 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.
A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.
'Tis blessed to bestow, and yet,
Could we bestow the gifts we get,
And keep the ones we give away,
How happy were our Christmas day!
To make a library
It takes two volumes
And a fire.
Two volumes and a fire,
And interest.
The interest alone will do
If logs are few.
'Tis blessed to bestow, and yet, Could we bestow the gifts we get, And keep the ones we give away, How happy were our Christmas day!