A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.
More Quotes from Carolyn Wells:
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.Carolyn Wells
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
Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive.
Carolyn Wells
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
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
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