We find ourselves less witty in remembering what we have said than in dreaming of what we would have said. Jean Antoine Petit-Senn More Quotes by Jean Antoine Petit-Senn More Quotes From Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Public opinion is a courtesan, whom we seek to please without respecting. Jean Antoine Petit-Senn popularitypublic-opinionplease 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 shunningvirtuous-womanovercoming A pedant holds more to instruct us with what he knows, than of what we are ignorant. Jean Antoine Petit-Senn pedantsignorantknows Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large. Jean Antoine Petit-Senn sourcefortunerivers No woman dares express all she thinks. Jean Antoine Petit-Senn timiditydarethinking Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant. Jean Antoine Petit-Senn dwarvesself-esteemlife The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it. Jean Antoine Petit-Senn powerusemen None despise fame more heartily than those who have no possible claim to it. Jean Antoine Petit-Senn despiseclaimsfame In a better world we will find our young years and our old friends. Jean Antoine Petit-Senn old-friendsheavenyears The politics of courtiers resemble their shadows; they cringe and turn with the sun of the day. Jean Antoine Petit-Senn turnsshadowsun We forget the origin of a parvenu if he remembers it; we remember it if he forgets it. Jean Antoine Petit-Senn birthforgetremember It is easy to be virtuous in prospective. Jean Antoine Petit-Senn virtuousvirtueeasy The great chastisement of a knave is not to be known, but to know himself. Jean Antoine Petit-Senn chastisementknavesknows How many wells of science there are in whose depths there is nothing but clear water! Jean Antoine Petit-Senn depthwaterscience The wisest man may always learn something from the humblest peasant. Jean Antoine Petit-Senn learningwisest-manmen Religion is the hospital of the souls that the world has wounded. Jean Antoine Petit-Senn soulworldreligion It is more pitiable once to have been rich than not to be rich now. Jean Antoine Petit-Senn richesrichhas-beens Rage is a short-lived fury. Jean Antoine Petit-Senn short-livedfuryrage Our interests are grains of opium to our consciences, but they only put it to sleep for a terrible awakening. Jean Antoine Petit-Senn terribleawakeningsleep 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 deedssoulaction
