Quote by Francois Fenelon
A good historian is timeless although he is a patriot, he will nev

A good historian is timeless although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect. – Francois Fenelon

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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

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

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We will work with industrial or Dept. Of Defence sponsorship as long as we keep our principals of openness firm were proud to work with the military, and they respect that in turn. – Charles Vest

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Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women. – Gordon B. Hinckley

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