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Francois FTNelon Quotes
«Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others, as, by self-examination, thoroughly to know our own.»
«Little opportunities should be improved.»
«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.»
«All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.»
«Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.»
«If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate.»
«How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.»
«Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.»
«Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.»
«If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdom of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all.»