Minna Thomas Antrim (October 13, 1861, Philadelphia – 1950) was an American writer. She is famous for the quote "Experience is a great teacher, but she sends in terrific bills."
Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
To laughter! The bright coinage of the bank of good will.
There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering.
Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast
The Green-eyed Monster causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros.
It takes more than a wise man to keep track of a foolish woman.
A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.
We women take love too seriously. Men wish to be loved with laughter, not with sighing. So laugh, sweetheart, laugh, or soon you may be weeping.
The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.
Every man has two personalities; the one he reveals to women, the other to men.
When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.
Brew me a cup for a winter's night. For the wind howls loud and the furies fight; Spice it with love and stir it with care, And I'll toast our bright eyes, my sweetheart fair.
Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.
To know one's self is wisdom, but to know one's neighbor is genius.
To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.
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.
Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.