Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

La Rochefoucauld, François duc de, 1613-1680

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ROCHEFOUCAULD

"As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From Nature—I believethem true. They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault is inmankind."—Swift.

"Les Maximes de la Rochefoucauld sont des proverbs des gensd'esprit."—Montesquieu.

"Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations."—Sir J.Mackintosh.

"Translators should not work alone; for good Et Propria Verbado not always occur to one mind."—Luther's Table Talk,iii.

Reflections;
or Sentences and Moral Maxims

By

Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marsillac.

Translated from the Editions of 1678 and 1827 withintroduction, notes, and some account of the author and histimes.

By

J. W. Willis Bund, M.A. LL.B and J. Hain Friswell

Simpson Low, Son, and Marston, 188, Fleet Street. 1871.

CONTENTS

Preface (translator's) Introduction (translator's) Reflections and Moral Maxims First Supplement Second Supplement Third Supplement Reflections on Various Subjects Index

Preface.

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