When you come to be sensibly touched, the scales will fall … - François Fénelon

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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.

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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