Francois Fenelon Quotes


On this earth all is temptation. Crosses tempt us by irritating our pride, and prosperity by flattering it. Our life is a continual combat, but one in which Jesus Christ fights for us. We must pass on unmoved, while temptations rage around us, as the traveler, overtaken by a storm, simply wraps his cloak more closely about him, and pushes on more vigorously toward his destined home.


Citations

Fénelon, François. Selections from the Writings of Fenelon. Translated by Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1829, p. 139.

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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.