Francois Fenelon

Francois Fenelon was a French Roman Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer. He today is remembered mostly as the author of The Adventures of Telemachus, first published in 1699.

Date of birth:
6th August, 1651
Date of death:
7th January, 1715
"A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect."
― Francois Fenelon
Topic(s): Respect
"All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers."
― Francois Fenelon
Topic(s): Men
"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."
― Francois Fenelon
Topic(s): Happiness
"Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half."
― Francois Fenelon
Topic(s): Best

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