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François Fénelon on Anniversary

1651–1715 France

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All the human kind is but one family, dispersed over the face of the whole earth; all men are brothers, and ought to love each other as such.

Les aventures de Télémaque (1699)

When you come to be sensibly touched, the scales will fall from your eyes; and by the penetrating eyes of love you will discern that which your other eyes will never see.

The whole human race is just a family scattered across the face of the whole earth. All peoples are brothers, and must love each other as such.

The Adventures of Telemachus (1699)

The best general means to insure the profitable employment of our time, is to accustom ourselves to living in continual dependence upon the Spirit of God and His law, receiving, every instant, whatever He is pleased to bestow; consulting Him in every emergency requiring instant action, and having recourse to Him in our weaker moments when virtue seems to fail.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: François Fénelon (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.