“Not what we have but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance.”

— John Petit-Senn · Happiness quote

— JOHN PETIT-SENN

Poet and writer · 1792 – 1870

Jean-Antoine Petit-Senn was a Swiss poet and writer from Geneva, best remembered for his collections of maxims and reflections, 'Bluettes et boutades' (1846).

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