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 … - François 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.

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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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Peace treaties signed by the vanquished are not freely signed. Men sign with a knife at their throat, they sign in spite of themselves, in order to avoid still greater losses; they sign as men surrender their purse when it is a case of your money or your life.

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