Author: Minna Antrim

Quotes

The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.

The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.

- Minna Antrim

Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.

Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.

- Minna Antrim

A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.

A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.

- Minna Antrim

A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.

A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.

- Minna Antrim

There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering.

There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering.

- Minna Antrim

To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius.

To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius.

- Minna Antrim

Women are angry if other women think too little of their lovers, and furious if they think too much.

Women are angry if other women think too little of their lovers, and furious if they think too much.

- Minna Antrim

Yield nothing to love that is denied to discretion.

Yield nothing to love that is denied to discretion.

- Minna Antrim

When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.

When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.

- Minna Antrim

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