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Them Quotes by Francois Fenelon
- Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain.
- 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
- You can often help others more by correcting your own faults than theirs. Remember, and you should, because of your own experience, that allowing God…
- We must truly serve those whom we appear to command; we must bear with their imperfections, correct them with gentleness and patience, and lead them…
- Never let us be discouraged with ourselves. It is not when we are conscious of our faults that we are the most wicked; on the…
- If the crowns of all the kingdoms of the empire were laid down at my feet in exchange for my books and my love of…
- The smallest things become great when God requires them of us; they are small only in themselves; they are always great when they are done…
- 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…
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