People Quotes by Francois Fenelon

9 People quotes by Francois Fenelon

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Francois Fenelon’s nine snippets on people convey his 17th‑century moral clarity in a compact, readable form.

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The more you say, the less people remember.

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The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of other people.

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There is no more dangerous illusion than the fancies by which people try to avoid illusion.

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Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well…

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You can often help others more by correcting your own faults than theirs. Remember, and you should, because of your own experience,…

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God bears with imperfect beings even when they resist His goodness. We ought to imitate this merciful patience and endurance. It is…

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There are some people who think that they should be always mourning, that they should put a continual constraint upon themselves, and…

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People who have no secrets from each other never want for a subject of conversation. They do not weigh their words, for…

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Simplicity is the straightforwardness of a soul which refuses itself any reaction with regard to itself or its deeds. This virtue differs…

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That love of self, which the world advocates, is a thousand times more dangerous than any poison.

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There were some who said that a man at the point of death was more free than all others, because death breaks every bond,…

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Pity enlarges the heart.

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A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.

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Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedies

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Prayer is so necessary, and the source of so many blessings, that he who has discovered the treasure cannot be prevented from having recourse…

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There is no true and constant gentleness without humility. While we are so fond of ourselves, we are easily offended with others. Let us…

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Let me follow in Thy footsteps, O Jesus ! I would imitate Thee, but cannot without the aid of Thy grace! O humble and…

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O Lord, I do most cheerfully commit all unto Thee.

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Our piety must be weak and imperfect if it do not conquer our fear of death.

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Nothing is so costly as the pursuit of a cure for imaginary ills.

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I love my country better than my family; but I love humanity better than my country.

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Crosses are of no use to us but inasmuch as we yield ourselves up to them and forget ourselves.

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