Here it is that the Spirit teaches us all truth; for all tr… - François Fénelon

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Here it is that the Spirit teaches us all truth; for all truth is eminently contained in this sacrifice of love, where the soul strips itself of every thing to present it to God.

François Fénelon

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About François Fénelon

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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We may be sure that it is the love of God only that can make us come out of self. If His powerful hand did not sustain us, we should not know how to take the first step in that direction.

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

Le bon historien n'est d'aucun temps ni d'aucun pays: quoiqu'il aime sa patrie, il ne la flatte jamais en rien.

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