The good historian is not for any time or any country: whil… - François Fénelon

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The good historian is not for any time or any country: while he loves his fatherland, he never flatters it in anything.

François Fénelon

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François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, Archbishop of Cambrai (August 6 1651 – January 7 1715) was a French educationalist, critic, poet, and political and religious philosopher.

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Alternative Names: François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon • Fénelon • Phenelon • Franz von Fenelon • Francis Fenelon • abbé de Fénélon • François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon

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...nothing will make us so tender and indulgent to the faults of others as a view of our own.

Toutes les guerres sont civiles; car c'est toujours l'homme contre l'homme qui répand son propre sang, qui déchire ses propres entrailles.

God never makes us sensible of our weakness except to give us of His strength.

The good historian is not for any time or any country: while he loves his fatherland, he never flatters it in anything. - François Fénelon

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