American - Writer | 1861 - 1950
To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius.
Minna Antrim
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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.
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Yield nothing to love that is denied to discretion.
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Man proposes, woman forecloses.
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There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering.
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Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.
WomanManWitHimAnythingSave
Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.
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When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.
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A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
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Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.
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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.
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Lovers should never be without the oil of forbearance.
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