“Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large.” Quote by Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
“The grave is a crucible where memory is purified; we only remember a dead friend by those qualities which make him regretted.” RememberMemoriesQualityGravesCrucible Author:Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
“The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away from the wretchedness of others.” HeartHappinessWretchednessTender Hearts Author:Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
“People who declare that they belong to no party certainly do not belong to ours.” PeoplePoliticsParty Author:Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
“Younger people have greatest fears. Why is that? Because they don't know the plot. They don't know their own individual plot... they don't know what's going to happen to them.” PeopleKnowsHappensIndividualPlotGreatest Fear Author:Margaret Atwood
“The virtuous woman flees from danger; she trusts more to her prudence in shunning it than in her strength to overcome it.” DangerOvercomingVirtuousPrudenceShunningVirtuous Woman Author:Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
“Pleasure and satiety live next door to each other.” NextPleasureDoorsSatiety Author:Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
“There are wounds of self-love which one does not confess to one's dearest friends.” DoeSelfSelf LoveWoundsDearest Friend Author:Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
“Perfect servants would be the worst of all for certain masters, whose happiness consists in finding fault with them.” Would BeCertainPerfectWorstMastersFindingsFaultsServant Author:Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
“The politics of courtiers resemble their shadows; they cringe and turn with the sun of the day.” TurnsSunShadowCringeServilityCourtiers Author:Jean Antoine Petit-Senn