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Minna Antrim
American
Writer
About the author
To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.
Minna Antrim,
American
Writer
To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius.
Minna Antrim,
American
Writer
#Self
#Wisdom
#Genius
#Neighbors
There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering.
Minna Antrim,
American
Writer
#Woman
#Truth
#Compliment
The very women who object to the morals of a notoriously beautiful actress, grow big with pride when an admirer suggests their marked resemblance to this stage beauty in physique.
Minna Antrim,
American
Writer
#Morals
#Beauty
#Women
#Pride
The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.
Minna Antrim,
American
Writer
#Life
#Drama
#Wail
The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.
Minna Antrim,
American
Writer
#Religion
#Difference
#Lies
That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet lived one who could not listen to her own praises at the expense of her adored friend.
Minna Antrim,
American
Writer
#Friend
#Woman
#Truth
Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.
Minna Antrim,
American
Writer
Man proposes, woman forecloses.
Minna Antrim,
American
Writer
#Man
#Woman
Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift.
Minna Antrim,
American
Writer
#Quality
#Women
#Mistake
#Intuition
Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.
Minna Antrim,
American
Writer
#Experience
Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.
Minna Antrim,
American
Writer
#People
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
Minna Antrim,
American
Writer
#Admiration
#Contempt
#Flattery
A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.
Minna Antrim,
American
Writer
#Women
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
Minna Antrim,
American
Writer
#Pleasure
#Fool
#Indigestion
When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.
Minna Antrim,
American
Writer
#Man
#Woman
A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.
Minna Antrim,
American
Writer
#Eye
#Woman
#Understanding
#Soul
Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.
Minna Antrim,
American
Writer
#Man
#Woman
#Wit