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Minna Antrim [1861-1950] American

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Minna Thomas Antrim was an American writer. She is famous for the quote "Experience is a great teacher, but she sends in terrific bills."
Born in Philadelphia, the daughter of William Preston Thomas and Lauretta Robbins, Minna Thomas was educated at St. Mary's Hall in Burlington, New Jersey and in 1878 was married to Mr. W. H. Antrim in Philadelphia.

Women, Beauty, Experience, Good, Religion, Romantic, Teacher, Truth, Wisdom

Quote	Tags	Rank
A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.	Romantic	101
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.		102
Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.	Experience, Good, Teacher	103
To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.		104
Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift.	Women	105
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.	Truth	106
The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.	Religion	107
The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.		108
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.		109
A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.	Women	110
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.	Beauty	111
Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.		112
To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius.	Wisdom	113
Man proposes, woman forecloses.		114
Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.		115
Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.		116
When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.		117
There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering.		118

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