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Francois, Duc de la Rochefoucauld

(b. Sept. 15, 1613, Paris, Île-de-France, France – d. March 17, 1680, Paris, Île-de-France, France )

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François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, (1613-1680) was a noted French author, whose Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales, generally known as Maximes, first published in 1665, were a collection of pithy observations on human nature and behaviour, which if not always cynical were generally unsparing of human weakness and imperfection.

Also known as:

  • Francois Rochefoucauld
  • Duc de la Rochefoucauld

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