Minna Antrim

An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself.

— Minna Antrim

Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.

— Minna Antrim

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

— Minna Antrim

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

— Minna Antrim

Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.

— Minna Antrim

The Green-eyed Monster causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros.

— Minna Antrim

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

— Minna Antrim

The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.

— Minna Antrim

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

— Minna Antrim

Man forgives women anything save the wit to outwit him.

— Minna Antrim

A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.

— Minna Antrim

Man proposes, woman forecloses.

— Minna Antrim

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

— Minna Antrim