François de La Rochefoucauld





François de La Rochefoucauld

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born
September 15, 1613 in Paris, France

died
March 01, 1680

gender
male


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François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld, prince de Marcillac was a noted French author of maxims and memoirs, as well as an example of the accomplished 17th-century nobleman. He was born in Paris in the Rue des Petits Champs, at a time when the royal court oscillated between aiding the nobility and threatening it. Until 1650, he bore the title of prince de Marcillac.


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Maxims
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La Rochefoucauld : Les Mora...
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La vie parfaite
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La Rochefoucauld : Oeuvres ...
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A Frenchman's Year in Suffo...
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More books by François de La Rochefoucauld…
“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.”
François de La Rochefoucauld

“Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire.”
François de La Rochefoucauld

“It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.”
François de La Rochefoucauld