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The gifts of God are not to be rejected on account of the channel that brings them.

Francois Fenelon

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Francois Fenelon
Age: 63 †
Born: 1651
Born: August 6
Died: 1715
Died: January 7
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François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon
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abbé de Fénélon
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God is so good that He only awaits our desire to overwhelm us with the gift of himself.
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Oh! how seldom the soul is silent, in order that God may speak.
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