"There never was a woman who did not……" — Minna Antrim
"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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21 Quotes by Minna Antrim
Minna Antrim has 21 quotes on this site.
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Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.
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The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.
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A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.
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Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
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Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift.
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Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast
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A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
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Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.
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Illusion is the dust the devil throws in the eyes of the foolish.
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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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The Green-eyed Monster causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose…
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A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.
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More Compliment Quotes
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one of 687 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved…
— Victoria Beckham
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Just don't let the hype of what people are saying and how much they love you, y'know, just take the…
— Mary J. Blige
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I take anything other than 'you big pig!' as a compliment.
— Albert Brooks
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Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's…
— Joyce Brothers
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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment,…
— Leo Buscaglia
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Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority…
— Samuel Butler
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I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward.…
— Nick Cave
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The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment.
— Lord Chesterfield
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You look at Cheney, Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, and Bush - if you saw them on Halloween, they wouldn't need a…
— Tommy Chong
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If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.
— Luc de Clapiers
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As a horn player, the greatest compliment one can get is when a person comes to you and says, 'I…
— Clarence Clemons
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There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment.
— Robert Breault
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