What did Francois Fenelon mean by: Courage is a virtue only so far as it is directed by prudence. Francois Fenelon Poet · France Copy
+ The more you say, the less people remember. Author, October 7, 2023January 2, 2025, Francois Fenelon, Communication, Impact, Memory, 0 Francois Fenelon Poet · France
The realization of God’s presence is the one sovereign remedy against temptation. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Francois Fenelon, Remedy, Temptation, 0 Francois Fenelon Poet · France
Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Francois Fenelon, Complaining, Faults, Pleasure, 0 Francois Fenelon Poet · France
+ Good taste rejects excessive nicety. Author, June 6, 2023January 2, 2025, Francois Fenelon, Aesthetics, Refinement, Simplicity, 0 Francois Fenelon Poet · France
Oh! how seldom the soul is silent, in order that God may speak. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Francois Fenelon, God, Silence, Soul, 0 Francois Fenelon Poet · France
Crosses are of no use to us but inasmuch as we yield ourselves up to them and forget ourselves. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Francois Fenelon, Sacrifice, Selflessness, Submission, 0 Francois Fenelon Poet · France
Worry is the cross which we make for ourselves by over anxiety. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Francois Fenelon, Anxiety, Worry, 0 Francois Fenelon Poet · France
The passion of acquiring riches in order to support a vain expense corrupts the purest souls. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Francois Fenelon, Corruption, Materialism, Wealth, 0 Francois Fenelon Poet · France
Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
Though they may not always be handsome men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. Jean Genet Playwright · France
