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True love goes ever straight forward, not in its own strength, but esteeming itself as nothing. Then indeed we are truly happy. The cross is no longer a cross when there is no self to suffer under it.

Francois Fenelon

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Francois Fenelon
Age: 63 †
Born: 1651
Born: August 6
Died: 1715
Died: January 7
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All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.
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O Lord! take my heart, for I cannot give it and when Thou hast it, O! keep it, for I cannot keep it for Thee and save me in spite of myself, for Jesus Christ's sake.
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The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still importunate, when the wants of nature are supplied.
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Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain.
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This poor world, the object of so much insane attachment, we are about to leave it is but misery, vanity, and folly a phantom--the very fashion of which passeth away.
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All wars are civil ones for it is still man spilling his own blood, tearing out his own bowels.
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