6 Quotes & Sayings By J Petitsenn

J. Petit-Senn (1914 - 1988) was a French author and essayist, a member of the Académie Goncourt. He was a doctor of medicine, a doctor of science and a professor at the University of Paris. He also wrote short stories and plays Read more

He was a member of the jury for the Prix Goncourt. His work is very diverse, from biography to essay to comedy. In addition to his novels he wrote around thirty plays, including Les filles en blanc, which won the Prix Renaudot in 1945.

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Not what we have but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance. J. PetitSenn
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When our friends are alive we see the good qualities they lack dead we remember only those they possessed. J. PetitSenn
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The hatred we bear our enemies injures their happiness less than our own. J. PetitSenn
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We tire of those pleasures we take but never of those we give. J. PetitSenn
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It is almost impossible to find those who admire us entirely lacking in taste. J. PetitSenn