Minna Thomas Antrim, Minna Antrim, pseudonym 'Titian'
13 October 1856* - 28 January 1919*
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
American author & journalist
“An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself.”
~Minna Antrim, American author & aphorist
Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions (1901) Philadelphia, PA: Henry Altemus Co., 1902 edition, p. 37
Extended excerpt [None. Single aphorism in a collection.]:
“An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself.”
Source note: Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions begins with the following author’s preface: “Good reader, what is here set forth is the result of much observation touching the passions, the tastes, the humors and the weaknesses of your sex and mine. It may amuse, it may instruct; that it may do both is the wish of The Author.”
Source: Editor’s copy – Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions (1901 – 1902 Henry Altemus edition) Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Number for 1901 edition: 531777
“Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.”
~Minna Antrim, American author & aphorist
Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions (1901) Philadelphia, PA: Henry Altemus Co., 1902 edition, p. 106
Extended excerpt [Single aphorism in a collection. Question mark: Repeat Right – No punctuation is used in the original text.]:
“When will women realize that between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt?”
Source note: Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions begins with the following author’s preface: “Good reader, what is here set forth is the result of much observation touching the passions, the tastes, the humors and the weaknesses of your sex and mine. It may amuse, it may instruct; that it may do both is the wish of The Author.”
Source: Editor’s copy – Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions (1901 – 1902 Henry Altemus edition) Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Number for 1901 edition: 531777
“Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.”
~Minna Antrim, American author & aphorist
Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions (1901) Philadelphia, PA: Henry Altemus Co., 1902 edition, p. 99
Extended excerpt [None. Single aphorism in a collection.]:
“Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.”
Source note: Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions begins with the following author’s preface: “Good reader, what is here set forth is the result of much observation touching the passions, the tastes, the humors and the weaknesses of your sex and mine. It may amuse, it may instruct; that it may do both is the wish of The Author.”
Source: Editor’s copy – Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions (1901 – 1902 Henry Altemus edition) Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Number for 1901 edition: 531777
“Marriage is the art of learning to do without illusions.”
~Minna Antrim, American author & aphorist
Phases, Mazes and Crazes of Love (1904) Philadelphia, PA: George W. Jacobs & Co., Sept. 1904 (no page number); online via Library of Congress and HathiTrust, catalog.hathitrust.org
Extended excerpt [None – Single aphorism in a collection.]:
“Marriage is the art of learning to do without illusions.”
Source link: Phases, Mazes and Crazes of Love (1904) HathiTrust: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t41r84592;view=1up;seq=47
“Time pulverizes pretension and solidifies merit.”
~Minna Antrim, American author & aphorist
Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions (1901) Philadelphia, PA: Henry Altemus Co., 1902 edition, p. 77
Extended excerpt [None. Single aphorism in a collection.]:
“Time pulverizes pretension and solidifies merit.”
Source note: Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions begins with the following author’s preface: “Good reader, what is here set forth is the result of much observation touching the passions, the tastes, the humors and the weaknesses of your sex and mine. It may amuse, it may instruct; that it may do both is the wish of The Author.”
Source: Editor’s copy – Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions (1901 – 1902 Henry Altemus edition) Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Number for 1901 edition: 531777
“To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.”
~Minna Antrim, American author & aphorist
Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions (1901) Philadelphia, PA: Henry Altemus Co., 1902 edition, p. 60
Extended excerpt [None. Single aphorism in a collection.]:
“To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.”
Source note: Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions begins with the following author’s preface: “Good reader, what is here set forth is the result of much observation touching the passions, the tastes, the humors and the weaknesses of your sex and mine. It may amuse, it may instruct; that it may do both is the wish of The Author.”
Source: Editor’s copy – Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions (1901 – 1902 Henry Altemus edition) Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Number for 1901 edition: 531777
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Census and funeral records for Antrim, however, indicate that she was born on 13 October 1856, and died on 28 January 1919.
Antrim’s funeral documentation can be viewed by clicking this link, via Ancestry.com [subscription service]. The document shows Antrim’s dates of birth, death & funeral.
Antrim’s date of birth can also be viewed on the 1900 U.S. Federal Census form. Click here to see an image of the Census page, via Ancestry.com [subscription service].
