209 Quotes by François Fénelon

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

We may as well tolerate all religions, since God Himself tolerates all.

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

True piety hath in it nothing weak, nothing sad, nothing constrained. It enlarges the heart; it is simple, free, and attractive.

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

Real friends are our greatest joy and our greatest sorrow. It were almost to be wished that all true and faithful friends should expire on the same day.

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.

Pity enlarges the heart.

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