Cultural Cocktail Hour
Wise Man of the Day: Francois de Salignac de la Mothe-Fenelon
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“If the riches of the Indies,
or the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe
were laid at my feet
in exchange for my love of reading,
I would spurn them all.”
Francois Fenelon
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