Francois Fenelon Quotes


Even if no command to pray had existed, our very weakness would have suggested it.


Citations

Fénelon, François. Selections from the Writings of Fenelon. Edited by Eliza L. Follen, Samuel G. Simpkins, 1841, p. 94.

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Francois Fenelon
Francois Fenelon
  • Born: August 6, 1651
  • Died: January 7, 1715
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Clergyman

François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon (French: [də la mɔt fenəlɔ̃]), more commonly known as François Fénelon, 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.