Francois, Duc de la Rochefoucauld
(b. Sept. 15, 1613, Paris, Île-de-France, France – d. March 17, 1680, Paris, Île-de-France, France )
Gender: M
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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