Francois Fenelon Quotes


Prayer is so necessary, and the source of so many blessings, that he who has discovered the treasure cannot be prevented from having recourse to it, whenever he has an opportunity.


Citations

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