Happiness is the shadow of man: remembrance of it follows him; hope of it precedes him.
Quotes from A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
1792–1870 Switzerland
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Love for old men is sun on the snow: it dazzles more than it warms them.
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
We salute more willingly an acquaintance in a carriage than a friend on foot.
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
We like to give in the sunlight, and to receive in the dark.
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
Promises retain men better than services. For them, hope is a chain, and gratitude a thread.
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
What we gain by experience is not worth what we lose in illusion.
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
Let us respect white hair — especially our own.
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
We know the value of a fortune when we have gained it, and that of a friend when we have lost it.
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
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