Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Quotes
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![The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/47/1047A-the-less-power-a-man-has-more-he-likes-use-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it.
![Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/97/997A-not-what-we-have-but-what-we-enjoy-constitutes-our-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
![True courage is like a kite: a contrary wind raises it higher. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/63/1063A-true-courage-is-like-a-kite-contrary-wind-raises-it-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
True courage is like a kite: a contrary wind raises it higher.
![Happiness is where we find it, but very rarely where we seek it. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/13/1013A-happiness-is-where-we-find-it-but-very-rarely-where-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Happiness is where we find it, but very rarely where we seek it.
![It is easy to be virtuous in prospective. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/18/1018A-it-is-easy-to-be-virtuous-prospective-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
It is easy to be virtuous in prospective.
![Conscience whispers, but interest speaks aloud. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/98/998A-conscience-whispers-but-interest-speaks-aloud-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Conscience whispers, but interest speaks aloud.
![The most exacting jailer is our own conscience. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/48/1048A-the-most-exacting-jailer-is-our-own-conscience-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
The most exacting jailer is our own conscience.
![Pleasure limps for him who enjoys it alone. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/35/1035A-pleasure-limps-for-him-who-enjoys-it-alone-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Pleasure limps for him who enjoys it alone.
![Of all trifles, titles are the lightest. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/29/1029A-of-all-trifles-titles-are-the-lightest-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Of all trifles, titles are the lightest.
![The hatred we bear our enemies injures their happiness less than our own. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/46/1046A-the-hatred-we-bear-our-enemies-injures-their-happiness-less-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
The hatred we bear our enemies injures their happiness less than our own.
![We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/67/1067A-we-tire-of-those-pleasures-we-take-but-never-those-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.
![It is more pitiable once to have been rich than not to be rich now. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/19/1019A-it-is-more-pitiable-once-to-have-been-rich-than-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
It is more pitiable once to have been rich than not to be rich now.
![Public opinion is a courtesan, whom we seek to please without respecting. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/37/1037A-public-opinion-is-a-courtesan-whom-we-seek-please-without-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Public opinion is a courtesan, whom we seek to please without respecting.
![None despise fame more heartily than those who have no possible claim to it. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/28/1028A-none-despise-fame-more-heartily-than-those-who-have-no-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
None despise fame more heartily than those who have no possible claim to it.
![To endeavor to move by the same discourse hearers who differ in age, sex, position and education, is to attempt to open all locks with the same key. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/61/1061A-to-endeavor-to-move-by-the-same-discourse-hearers-who-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
To endeavor to move by the same discourse hearers who differ in age, sex, position and education, is to attempt to open all locks with the same key.
![Adversity, which makes us indulgent to others, renders them severe towards us. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/00/1000A-adversity-which-makes-us-indulgent-to-others-renders-them-severe-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Adversity, which makes us indulgent to others, renders them severe towards us.
![What we gain by experience is not worth that we lose in illusion. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/68/1068A-what-we-gain-by-experience-is-not-worth-that-we-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
What we gain by experience is not worth that we lose in illusion.
![Religion is the hospital of the souls that the world has wounded. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/39/1039A-religion-is-the-hospital-of-the-souls-that-world-has-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Religion is the hospital of the souls that the world has wounded.
![The wisest man may always learn something from the humblest peasant. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/53/1053A-the-wisest-man-may-always-learn-something-from-humblest-peasant-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
The wisest man may always learn something from the humblest peasant.
![Rage is a short-lived fury. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/38/1038A-rage-is-a-short-lived-fury-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Rage is a short-lived fury.
![Age whitens hairs, but not sin. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/01/1001A-age-whitens-hairs-but-not-sin-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Age whitens hairs, but not sin.
![No woman dares express all she thinks. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/27/1027A-no-woman-dares-express-all-she-thinks-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
No woman dares express all she thinks.
![Pleasure and satiety live next door to each other. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/34/1034A-pleasure-and-satiety-live-next-door-each-other-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Pleasure and satiety live next door to each other.
![Let us respect gray hairs, but, above all, our own. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/23/1023A-let-us-respect-gray-hairs-but-above-all-our-own-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Let us respect gray hairs, but, above all, our own.
![Without big words, how could many people say small things? - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/69/1069A-without-big-words-how-could-many-people-say-small-things-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Without big words, how could many people say small things?
![Women always find their bitterest foes among their own sex. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/70/1070A-women-always-find-their-bitterest-foes-among-their-own-sex-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Women always find their bitterest foes among their own sex.
![That experience which does not make us better makes us worse. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/41/1041A-that-experience-which-does-not-make-us-better-makes-us-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
That experience which does not make us better makes us worse.
![Doubt springs from the mind; faith is the daughter of the soul. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/08/1008A-doubt-springs-from-the-mind-faith-is-daughter-soul-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Doubt springs from the mind; faith is the daughter of the soul.
![Our virtues live upon our incomes; our vices consume our capital. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/31/1031A-our-virtues-live-upon-our-incomes-our-vices-consume-our-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Our virtues live upon our incomes; our vices consume our capital.
![Conscience serves us especially to judge of the actions of others. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/05/1005A-conscience-serves-us-especially-to-judge-actions-others-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Conscience serves us especially to judge of the actions of others.
![Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue with bigots. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/24/1024A-loud-indignation-against-vice-often-stands-virtue-with-bigots-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue with bigots.
![In a better world we will find our young years and our old friends. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/15/1015A-in-a-better-world-we-will-find-our-young-years-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
In a better world we will find our young years and our old friends.
![The weak-minded man is the slave of his vices and the dupe of his virtues. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/52/1052A-the-weak-minded-man-is-the-slave-his-vices-dupe-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
The weak-minded man is the slave of his vices and the dupe of his virtues.
![The great chastisement of a knave is not to be known, but to know himself. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/44/1044A-the-great-chastisement-of-a-knave-is-not-be-known-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
The great chastisement of a knave is not to be known, but to know himself.
![Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/09/1009A-envy-like-flame-blackens-that-which-is-above-it-which-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.
![There are some errors so sweet that we repent them only to bring them to memory. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/56/1056A-there-are-some-errors-so-sweet-that-we-repent-them-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
There are some errors so sweet that we repent them only to bring them to memory.
![People who declare that they belong to no party certainly do not belong to ours. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/32/1032A-people-who-declare-that-they-belong-no-party-certainly-do-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
People who declare that they belong to no party certainly do not belong to ours.
![Do you know a young and beautiful woman who is not ready to flirt—just a little? - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/07/1007A-do-you-know-a-young-and-beautiful-woman-who-is-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Do you know a young and beautiful woman who is not ready to flirt—just a little?
![Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/25/1025A-many-fortunes-like-rivers-have-a-pure-source-but-grow-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large.
![It requires less character to discover the faults of others than to tolerate them. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/21/1021A-it-requires-less-character-to-discover-faults-others-than-tolerate-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
It requires less character to discover the faults of others than to tolerate them.
![There are wounds of self-love which one does not confess to one's dearest friends. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/57/1057A-there-are-wounds-of-self-love-which-one-does-not-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
There are wounds of self-love which one does not confess to one's dearest friends.
![In love we are not only liable to betray ourselves, but also the secrets of others. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/17/1017A-in-love-we-are-not-only-liable-betray-ourselves-but-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
In love we are not only liable to betray ourselves, but also the secrets of others.
![A pedant holds more to instruct us with what he knows, than of what we are ignorant. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/99/999A-a-pedant-holds-more-to-instruct-us-with-what-he-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
A pedant holds more to instruct us with what he knows, than of what we are ignorant.
![There is certainly no beauty on earth which exceeds the natural loveliness of woman. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/59/1059A-there-is-certainly-no-beauty-on-earth-which-exceeds-natural-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
There is certainly no beauty on earth which exceeds the natural loveliness of woman.
![Another life, if it were not better than this, would be less a promise than a threat. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/03/1003A-another-life-if-it-were-not-better-than-this-would-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Another life, if it were not better than this, would be less a promise than a threat.
![How many wells of science there are in whose depths there is nothing but clear water! - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/14/1014A-how-many-wells-of-science-there-are-whose-depths-there-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
How many wells of science there are in whose depths there is nothing but clear water!
![We forget the origin of a parvenu if he remembers it; we remember it if he forgets it. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/66/1066A-we-forget-the-origin-of-a-parvenu-if-he-remembers-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
We forget the origin of a parvenu if he remembers it; we remember it if he forgets it.
![An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/02/1002A-an-angry-woman-is-vindictive-beyond-measure-hesitates-at-nothing-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness.
![In giving alms, let us rather look at the needs of the poor than his claim to your charity. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/16/1016A-in-giving-alms-let-us-rather-look-at-needs-poor-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
In giving alms, let us rather look at the needs of the poor than his claim to your charity.
![There is a proverb in the South that a woman laughs when she can, and weeps when she pleases. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/58/1058A-there-is-a-proverb-in-the-south-that-woman-laughs-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
There is a proverb in the South that a woman laughs when she can, and weeps when she pleases.
![Promises retain men better than services; for hope is to them a chain, and gratitude a thread. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/36/1036A-promises-retain-men-better-than-services-hope-is-them-chain-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Promises retain men better than services; for hope is to them a chain, and gratitude a thread.
![The politics of courtiers resemble their shadows; they cringe and turn with the sun of the day. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/49/1049A-the-politics-of-courtiers-resemble-their-shadows-they-cringe-turn-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
The politics of courtiers resemble their shadows; they cringe and turn with the sun of the day.
![That prudery which survives youth and beauty resembles a scarecrow left in the fields after harvest. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/42/1042A-that-prudery-which-survives-youth-and-beauty-resembles-scarecrow-left-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
That prudery which survives youth and beauty resembles a scarecrow left in the fields after harvest.
![Genius, like a torch, shines less in the broad daylight of the present than in the night of the past. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/12/1012A-genius-like-a-torch-shines-less-broad-daylight-present-than-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Genius, like a torch, shines less in the broad daylight of the present than in the night of the past.
![Beauty and ugliness disappear equally under the wrinkles of age; one is lost in them; the other hidden. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/04/1004A-beauty-and-ugliness-disappear-equally-under-wrinkles-age-one-is-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Beauty and ugliness disappear equally under the wrinkles of age; one is lost in them; the other hidden.
![The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away from the wretchedness of others. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/45/1045A-the-happiness-of-the-tender-heart-is-increased-by-what-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away from the wretchedness of others.
![We find ourselves less witty in remembering what we have said than in dreaming of what we would have said. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/65/1065A-we-find-ourselves-less-witty-in-remembering-what-we-have-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
We find ourselves less witty in remembering what we have said than in dreaming of what we would have said.
![Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us of ourselves, nor half the evil they say of others. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/22/1022A-let-us-believe-neither-half-of-good-people-tell-us-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us of ourselves, nor half the evil they say of others.
![Those virtues which cost us dear prove that we love God; those which are easy to us prove that He loves us. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/60/1060A-those-virtues-which-cost-us-dear-prove-that-we-love-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Those virtues which cost us dear prove that we love God; those which are easy to us prove that He loves us.
![Our interests are grains of opium to our consciences, but they only put it to sleep for a terrible awakening. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/30/1030A-our-interests-are-grains-of-opium-our-consciences-but-they-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Our interests are grains of opium to our consciences, but they only put it to sleep for a terrible awakening.
![Money dishonestly acquired is never worth its cost, while a good conscience never costs as much as it is worth. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/26/1026A-money-dishonestly-acquired-is-never-worth-its-cost-while-good-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Money dishonestly acquired is never worth its cost, while a good conscience never costs as much as it is worth.
![Some delicate matters must be treated like pins, because if they are not seized by the right end, we get pricked. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/40/1040A-some-delicate-matters-must-be-treated-like-pins-because-if-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Some delicate matters must be treated like pins, because if they are not seized by the right end, we get pricked.
![Perfect servants would be the worst of all for certain masters, whose happiness consists in finding fault with them. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/33/1033A-perfect-servants-would-be-the-worst-all-certain-masters-whose-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Perfect servants would be the worst of all for certain masters, whose happiness consists in finding fault with them.
![The true worth of a soul is revealed as much by the motive it attributes to the actions of others as by its own deeds. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/50/1050A-the-true-worth-of-a-soul-is-revealed-as-much-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
The true worth of a soul is revealed as much by the motive it attributes to the actions of others as by its own deeds.
![It is only before those who are glad to hear it, and anxious to spread it, that we find it easy to speak ill of others. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/20/1020A-it-is-only-before-those-who-are-glad-hear-it-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
It is only before those who are glad to hear it, and anxious to spread it, that we find it easy to speak ill of others.
![The virtuous woman flees from danger; she trusts more to her prudence in shunning it than in her strength to overcome it. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/51/1051A-the-virtuous-woman-flees-from-danger-she-trusts-more-her-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
The virtuous woman flees from danger; she trusts more to her prudence in shunning it than in her strength to overcome it.
![Do not crowd the understanding; it can comprehend so much and no more. A pint pot will not contain the measure of a quart. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/06/1006A-do-not-crowd-the-understanding-it-can-comprehend-so-much-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Do not crowd the understanding; it can comprehend so much and no more. A pint pot will not contain the measure of a quart.
![The grave is a crucible where memory is purified; we only remember a dead friend by those qualities which make him regretted. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/43/1043A-the-grave-is-a-crucible-where-memory-is-purified-we-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
The grave is a crucible where memory is purified; we only remember a dead friend by those qualities which make him regretted.
![We are told to walk noiselessly through the world, that we may waken neither hatred nor envy; but, alas! What can we do when they never sleep! - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/64/1064A-we-are-told-to-walk-noiselessly-through-world-that-we-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
We are told to walk noiselessly through the world, that we may waken neither hatred nor envy; but, alas! What can we do when they never sleep!
![Experience unveils too late the snares laid for youth; it is the white frost which discovers the spider's web when the flies are no longer there to be caught. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/11/1011A-experience-unveils-too-late-the-snares-laid-youth-it-is-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Experience unveils too late the snares laid for youth; it is the white frost which discovers the spider's web when the flies are no longer there to be caught.
![To protect ourselves against the storms of passion, marriage with a good woman is a harbor in the tempest; but with a bad woman it is a tempest in the harbor. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/62/1062A-to-protect-ourselves-against-the-storms-passion-marriage-with-good-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
To protect ourselves against the storms of passion, marriage with a good woman is a harbor in the tempest; but with a bad woman it is a tempest in the harbor.
![The flavor of detached thoughts depends upon the conciseness of their expression: for thoughts are grains of sugar, or of salt, that must be melted in a drop of water. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/16/28516A-the-flavor-of-detached-thoughts-depends-upon-conciseness-their-expression-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
The flavor of detached thoughts depends upon the conciseness of their expression: for thoughts are grains of sugar, or of salt, that must be melted in a drop of water.
![Every generous illusion of youth leaves a wrinkle as it departs. Experience is the successive disenchanting of the things of life; it is reason enriched with the heart's spoils. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/10/1010A-every-generous-illusion-of-youth-leaves-wrinkle-as-it-departs-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
Every generous illusion of youth leaves a wrinkle as it departs. Experience is the successive disenchanting of the things of life; it is reason enriched with the heart's spoils.
![There are philanthropists who, incapable of managing their own little affairs, take upon themselves those of the whole world; but as their creditors always outnumber their disciples, they owe humanity more than she will ever owe them. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/55/1055A-there-are-philanthropists-who-incapable-of-managing-their-own-little-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
There are philanthropists who, incapable of managing their own little affairs, take upon themselves those of the whole world; but as their creditors always outnumber their disciples, they owe humanity more than she will ever owe them.
![The wonderful fortune of some writers deludes and leads to misery a great number of young people. It cannot be too often repeated that it is dangerous to enter upon a career of letters without some other means of living. An illustrious author has said in these times, "Literature must not be leant on as upon a crutch; it is little more than a stick." - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.](/img/q/54/1054A-the-wonderful-fortune-of-some-writers-deludes-leads-misery-great-jean-antoine-petit-senn.png)
The wonderful fortune of some writers deludes and leads to misery a great number of young people. It cannot be too often repeated that it is dangerous to enter upon a career of letters without some other means of living. An illustrious author has said in these times, "Literature must not be leant on as upon a crutch; it is little more than a stick."