Minna Antrim Quotes


"To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius."
- Minna Antrim
(Related: Wisdom, Genius, Neighbors, Self)

"There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering."
- Minna Antrim
(Related: Truth, Compliment, Woman)

"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
(Related: Beauty, Women, Morals, Pride)

"The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh."
- Minna Antrim
(Related: Life, Drama, Wail)

"The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it."
- Minna Antrim
(Related: 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
(Related: Truth, Friend, Woman)

"Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty."
- Minna Antrim
"Man proposes, woman forecloses."
- Minna Antrim
(Related: Man, Woman)

"Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift."
- Minna Antrim
(Related: Women, Quality, Mistake, Intuition)

"Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills."
- Minna Antrim
(Related: Experience)

"Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast."
- Minna Antrim
(Related: People)

"Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt."
- Minna Antrim
(Related: Admiration, Contempt, Flattery)

"A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward."
- Minna Antrim
(Related: Women)

"A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion."
- Minna Antrim
(Related: Fool, Indigestion, Pleasure)

"When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird."
- Minna Antrim
(Related: Man, Woman)

"A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul."
- Minna Antrim
(Related: Soul, Eye, Understanding, Woman)

"Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him."
- Minna Antrim
(Related: Man, Wit, Woman)