Jean Antoine Petit-Senn, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJean Antoine Petit-Senn
Swiss poet (1792-1870)
Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1792
Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001
Profession: poet
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
- Jean Antoine Petit-Senn (1792–1870) was a poet of Genevan origin.
- Among many quotes attributed to him is this one... "Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance." ...which appeared in the American comic strip Mutts on November 19, 2007. According to the 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica: Jean Antoine Petit-Senn (1792–1870) was a thorough Genevese and a biting satirist, a pensive poet, the Genevese La Bruyère, as he liked to be called, but was not fully appreciated till after his death, when his widely scattered writings were brought together.
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