Our virtues are, most often, only vices in disguise. Download collected maxims and other reflections, francois. Excellent translation into english and expertly organized material. Arnold schwarzenegger this speech broke the internet and most inspiring speech it changed my life. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. He served in the army against the spaniards in italy in 1629, in the netherlands and picardy in 163536, and again in flanders in 1639. Moral reflections, sentences and maxims wikisource, the. The perfect read for any realistor anyone with the desire to evaluate their moral standingthis edition includes three supplements with additional maxims and essays. Its founder, according to andrew du chesne, was one foucauld, or fulk, a cadet, as is supposed, of the house of lusignan, or lezignem, and connected with the ancient dukes of guienne, who appears, about the period a. Born in paris on the rue des petits champs, at a time when the. French writer of moralistic maxims 161680 familiarity information. The view of human conduct his writings describe has been summed up by the words everything is reducible to the motive of selfinterest, though the term gently cynical has also been applied. Collected maxims and other reflections9780199540006.
Other articles where maxims and moral reflections is discussed. Some apology must be made for an attempt to translate the untranslatable. There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not. This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. Or, sentences and moral maxims our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised. Book from the collections of university of michigan language english. Full text of moral reflections, sentences and maxims of. Collected maxims and other reflections, 2008, 400 pages.
Translated from the editions of 1678 and 1827 with introduction, notes, and some account of the author and his times. This early english translation of the pillar of french. Contextual translation of rochefoucauld into english. Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire. During the mid1640s, the french king louis xiv was just a child, and his mother and other members of the royal court ruled in his stead. He is a man for our own impatient, distracted times. Of all the violent passions, the one that becomes a woman best is love.
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