Minna Antrim Quotes

1861-18?, American Epigrammist
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“Man proposes, woman forecloses.”
Seduction
“Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.”
Greed
“Man forgives women anything save the wit to outwit him.”
Men and Women
“The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.”
Life and Living
“A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.”
Pleasure
“A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.”
Virtue
“Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.”
Experience
“Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.”
Flattery
“An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself.”
Aphorisms and Epigrams
“Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.”
Enthusiasm
“The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.”
Lies and Lying
“When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.”
Men and Women
“The ''Green-eyed Monster'' causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros.”
Jealousy