Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Carolyn Wells

American Author and Poet. Wrote 170 books.

"Actions lie louder than words."

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

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

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

"A guilty conscience is the mother of invention. "

"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. "