Quotations From MINNA ANTRIM

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• 1.

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

  Minna Antrim (b. 1861), U.S. epigrammist. Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions, p. 37 (1901).
  
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• 2.

  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 (b. 1861), U.S. epigrammist. Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions, p. 91 (1901).
  
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• 3.

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

  Minna Antrim (b. 1861), U.S. epigrammist. Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions, p. 30 (1901).
• 4.

  Man proposes, woman forecloses.

  Minna Antrim (1861-?), U.S. epigrammist. Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions, p. 45 (1901).
  
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• 5.

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

  Minna Antrim (1861-?), U.S. epigrammist. Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions, p. 106 (1901).
  
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• 6.

  Man forgives women anything save the wit to outwit him.

  Minna Antrim (1861-?), U.S. epigrammist. Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions, p. 41 (1901).
  
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• 7.

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

  Minna Antrim (1861-?), U.S. epigrammist. Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions (1901).
  
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• 8.

  To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.

  Minna Antrim (b. 1861), U.S. epigrammist. Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions, p. 60 (1901).
• 9.

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

  Minna Antrim (1861-?), U.S. epigrammist. Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions (1901).
  
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• 10.

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

  Minna Antrim (b. 1861), U.S. epigrammist. Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions, p. 99 (1901).
  
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