Whoever is capable of lying, is unworthy of being reckoned … - François Fénelon

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Whoever is capable of lying, is unworthy of being reckoned in the number of men; and whoever knows not to be silent, is unworthy of ruling.

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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Sur-tout ne vous laissez point ensorceler par les attraits diaboliques de la géométrie.

The presence of God calms the soul, and gives it quiet and repose.

All wars are civil ones; for it is still man spilling his own blood, tearing out his own bowels.

Whoever is capable of lying, is unworthy of being reckoned in the number of men; and whoever knows not to be silent, is unworthy of ruling. - François Fénelon

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