"We tire of those pleasures we take, but……" — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
"We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give."
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25 Quotes by Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
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It is not what we have but what we enjoy that constitutes our abundance.
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True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.
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Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
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The hatred we bear our enemies injures their happiness less than our own.
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There is a proverb in the South that a woman laughs when she can, and weeps when she pleases.
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Conscience whispers, but interest screams aloud.
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Do you know a young and beautiful woman who is not ready to flirt-just a little?
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Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.
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Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.
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An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness.
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It is almost impossible to find those who admire us entirely lacking in taste.
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Some delicate matters must be treated like pins, because if they are not seized by the right end, we get…
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