Phrase by 'Francois Fenelon'

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All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

Author: Francois Fenelon - French Clergyman
  More , Spiritual , Enjoyment , Expectation


Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure.

Author: Francois Fenelon - French Clergyman
  Words , Good , Thoughts , Communication


If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate.

Author: Francois Fenelon - French Clergyman
  Were , Should , Those , Annoyed


Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.

Author: Francois Fenelon - French Clergyman
  Others , Own , Pleasure , Complaining


Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedies.

Author: Francois Fenelon - French Clergyman
  More , Nothing , Words , Professional


All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

Author: Francois Fenelon - French Clergyman


Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

Author: Francois Fenelon - French Clergyman
  Mind , Virtue , Moderation , Carried


There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true.

Author: Francois Fenelon - French Clergyman
  World , True , Happiness , Road


Little opportunities should be improved.

Author: Francois Fenelon - French Clergyman
  Should , Little , Opportunities , Improved


Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.

Author: Francois Fenelon - French Clergyman
  You , Best , Soul , Sad


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