Carolyn Wells
Carolyn Wells
Carolyn Wellswas an American author and poet. Born in Rahway, New Jersey, she was the daughter of William E. and Anna Wells. She died at the Flower-Fifth Avenue Hospital in New York City in 1942...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth18 June 1862
CountryUnited States of America
Carolyn Wells quotes about
past people giving
In December people give no thought to the Past or the Future. They thing only of the Present.
people crowds born
All through the nineties I met people. Crowds of people. Met and met and met, until it seemed that people were born and hastily grew up, just to be met.
age
I'm just the same age I've always been.
gale calm
A living gale is better than a dead calm.
infidelity wages sin
The wages of sin is alimony.
humor musician humour
musicians rarely have a sense of humour, at least, about themselves.
flirting envy and-love
Flirtation envies Love, and Love envies Flirtation.
faces circumstances
Circumstances alter faces.
mother society conventions
Society's the mother of convention.
imagination contentment results
Contentment is the result of a limited imagination.
christian grace biographies
I have always hated biography, and more especially, autobiography. If biography, the writer invariably finds it necessary to plaster the subject with praises, flattery and adulation and to invest him with all the Christian graces. If autobiography, the same plan is followed, but the writer apologizes for it.
nature unnatural
At times there is nothing so unnatural as nature.
patriotism sin multitudes
Patriotism covers a multitude of sins.
perseverance firsts principles
One of the first principles of perseverance is to know when to stop persevering.