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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