Minna Antrim Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.”
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“A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.”
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“Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift.”
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“To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.”
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“When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.”
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“Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.”
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“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.”
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“Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.”
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“A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.”
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“There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering.”
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“The Green-eyed Monster causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros.”
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“Illusion is the dust the devil throws in the eyes of the foolish.”
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“Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.”
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“A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.”
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“Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast”
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“To know one's self is wisdom, but to know one's neighbor is genius.”
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“The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.”
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“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
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