Minna Antrim
Minna Antrim
Minna Thomas Antrimwas an American writer. She is famous for the quote "Experience is a great teacher, but she sends in terrific bills."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
truth laughing flashlights
An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself.
laughter men laughing
We women take love too seriously. Men wish to be loved with laughter, not with sighing. So laugh, sweetheart, laugh, or soon you may be weeping.
historical praise expenses
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.
women lying hypocrite
The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.
knowledge self genius
To know one's self is wisdom, but to know one's neighbor is genius.
people enthusiasm ballast
Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast
complaining fool moral
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
women men forgiving
Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.
eye dust devil
Illusion is the dust the devil throws in the eyes of the foolish.
jealousy names monsters
The Green-eyed Monster causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros.
compliment latter ifs
There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering.
women faces figures
A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.
wall bark satiety
Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.
men seduction propose
Man proposes, woman forecloses.