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Biography - François Fénelon:

François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon. French Roman Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer.
Born: 1651 - Died: 1715
Period:
18th century
17th century
Place of birth: France
France

War is an evil which dishonours mankind.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
La guerre est un mal qui déshonore le genre humain.

German
Der Krieg ist ein Übel, welches das Menschengeschlecht entehrt.




See also 

See also...






Quotes for: war


Quotes

Quotes about war:


There was never a good war, or a bad peace.





War is sweet to those who have no experience of it,
but the experienced man trembles exceedingly at heart on its approach.

Pindar / 





At the bottom of all patriotism there is war: that is why I am no patriot.





War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.





Whatever makes for cultural development is working also against war.





In time of war the laws are silent.











Quotes for: evil


Quotes

Quotes for: evil


The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.





One of the most important and most difficult arts is to unlearn vice.





The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.





For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.





Antisthenes used to say that the most useful science was to unlearn evil.





What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.











Quotes for: Man


Quotes

Quotes about man, all human beings:


Man is the future of man.





No man is weak by choice.





Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.





The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.





Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.





I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.











Quotes

François Fénelon also said...


Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.





Antisthenes used to say that the most useful science was to unlearn evil.





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





Let a child play and mix instruction with play.





All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.





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












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