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Letter "F" » Francois Fenelon Quotes
«Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure»
«Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.»
«If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate.»
«Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.»
«If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all»
«All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.»
«Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.»
«Children are excellent observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those who govern children, forgive nothing in them, but everything in themselves.»
Author: Francois Fenelon
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«The past but lives in written words: a thousand ages were blank if books had not evoked their ghosts, and kept the pale unbodied shades to warn us from fleshless lips.»
«A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.»
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