10 Quotes by Francois Fenelon
- Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.
- A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.
- All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.
- 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.
- Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.
- Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.
- 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.
- Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedies.
- Little opportunities should be improved.
- If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate.
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