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- François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (born September 15, 1613, Paris, France—died March 16/17, 1680, Paris) was a French classical author who had been one of the most active rebels of the Fronde before he became the leading exponent of the maxime, a French literary form of epigram that expresses a harsh or paradoxical truth with brevity.
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François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld was a French classical author who had been one of the most active rebels of the Fronde before he became the leading exponent of the maxime, a French literary form of epigram that expresses a harsh or paradoxical truth with brevity. La Rochefoucauld was the son.
François de La Rochefoucauld, 2nd Duke of La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac (French: [fʁɑ̃swa d(ə) la ʁɔʃfuko]; 15 September 1613 – 17 March 1680) was an accomplished French moralist of the era of French Classical literature and author of Maximes and Memoirs, the only two works of his dense literary œuvre published.
- “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.” ― Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Maxims.
- “If we had no faults we should not take so much pleasure in noting those of others.” ― François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims.
- “It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.” ― Francois De La Rochefoucauld.
Nov 16, 2015 · Below I offer a collection of my favorite maxims from the 504 that La Rochefoucauld penned. Hopefully they will give you a taste of his style, as well as insights on how to more deftly navigate a world that still remarkably resembles the machinations of a French royal court.
House of La Rochefoucauld. The title of Duke de La Rochefoucauld is a French peerage, whose origins go back to Lord Rochefoucauld in Charente in the 10th century with Foucauld 1st (973–1047), first Lord of La Rochefoucauld, son of Adémar, Lord of La Roche (952–1037).
François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld, le Prince de Marcillac (September 15, 1613 - March 17, 1680), was an accomplished seventeenth-century French 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.
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, DUC FRAN Ç OIS DE (1613 – 1680) Duc Fran ç ois de La Rochefoucauld, the French epigrammatist and moral critic, was born in Paris; he was known as the prince de Marcillac until he succeeded his father in 1650. An incurable love of adventure and imprudent women brought him into early conflict with Cardinal Richelieu, who ...
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