Minna Antrim

Who was Minna Antrim?

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. She was well known for her collection of toasts as well as for her books for children like Don'ts for Girls and Don'ts for Boys.

Famous Quotes:

• A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
• Man proposes, woman forecloses.
• Man forgives women anything save the wit to outwit him.
• Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.
• The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.
• The Green-eyed Monster causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros.
• When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.
• An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself.
• Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.
• Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.