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"Oltuaan mukana v. 1648 puhjenneen, ylimysten johtaman La Fonde -kapinan kaikissa surullisissa vaiheissa ja pantuaan merkille, kuinka kylmän välinpitämätön ihminen tavoitellessaan omaa etuaan ja menestystään saattoi olla isänmaan ja kansan kärsimyksistä, sepitti herttua La Rochefoucauld kuuluisat Mietelmänsä, jotka sadoin eri muodoin toistavat sitä ainoata perusväitettä, että ihmisen koko elämä on yhtä ainoata itsekkyyden ilmausta."

- J. V. Lehtonen
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182 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1665

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François de La Rochefoucauld

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François de la Rochefoucauld

François VI, duc de la Rochefoucauld, prince de Marcillac (French: [fʁɑ̃swa d(ə) la ʁɔʃfuko]; 15 September 1613 – 17 March 1680) was a noted French author of maxims and memoirs. It is said that his world-view was clear-eyed and urbane, and that he neither condemned human conduct nor sentimentally celebrated it. Born in Paris on the Rue des Petits Champs, at a time when the royal court was vacillating between aiding the nobility and threatening it, he was considered an exemplar of the accomplished 17th-century nobleman. Until 1650, he bore the title of Prince de Marcillac.

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