Francois La Rochefoucauld - Böcker

'Our virtues are, most often, only vices in disguise.'Deceptively brief and insidiously easy to read, La Rochefoucauld's shrewd, unflattering analyses of human behaviour have influenced writers, thinkers, and public figures as various as Voltaire,...

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Often poetic, occasionally ironic, and frequently humorous, "Maxims "-- first published in 1665 -- can also be blunt and brutally candid: "Everyone blames his memory, no one his judgment." Bursting with philosophical musings th...

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When Francois de la Rochefoucauld, and his brother Alexandre visited Suffolk in 1784, the events which were to lead to the French Revolution in 1789 were already in train. Francois' father, the duc de Liancourt, Grand Master of the Wardrobe at Lou...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the Unit...

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Originally published in 1945, this book contains the French text of the 'Maximes' of Franois de la Rochefoucauld, which were first published anonymously in 1665. La Rochefoucauld himself added to the text many times during his life, and the versio...

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Originally published in 1933, this book presents an English translation of the French aristocrat Franois de La Rochefoucauld's travel memoir, Mlanges sur l'Angleterre. The text provides a detailed account of English manners and customs, together w...

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revol...

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revol...

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revol...

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revol...

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revol...

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Title: Travels through the United States of North America, the country of the Iroquois and Upper Canada, in the years 1795, 1796 and 1797. [Translated from the French by H. Neuman.] Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions The British...

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Title: Travels through the United States of North America, the country of the Iroquois and Upper Canada, in the years 1795, 1796 and 1797. [Translated from the French by H. Neuman.] Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions The British...

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Title: Travels through the United States of North America, the country of the Iroquois and Upper Canada, in the years 1795, 1796 and 1797. [Translated from the French by H. Neuman.] Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions The British...

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Title: A comparative view of mild and sanguinary laws: and the good effects of the former, exhibited in the present economy of the prisons of Philadelphia. Author: La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de Publisher: Gale, Sa...

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Title: Voyage dans les Etats Unis d'Amerique fait en 1795, 1796 et 1797.Author: La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, Francois-Alexandre-Frederic, duc dePublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Am...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Ther...

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The classic collection of wise phrases and advisory maxims by Rochefoucauld is published here in hardcover, complete with annotations. Originally written in the aftermath of decades spent in the lively and politically charged French court, Rochefo...

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The classic collection of wise phrases and advisory maxims by Rochefoucauld is published here complete with annotations. Originally written in the aftermath of decades spent in the lively and politically charged French court, Rochefoucauld had hon...

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