O God, the creature knows not to what end Thou hast made Him; teach him, and write in the depths of his soul that the clay must suffer itself to be s… - François Fénelon

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O God, the creature knows not to what end Thou hast made Him; teach him, and write in the depths of his soul that the clay must suffer itself to be shaped at the will of the potter.

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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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