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François de La Rochefoucauld
(15 Sep 1613 - 16 Mar 1680)
French author whose Maxims presents a disillusioned view of mankind, using a French form of epigram, which tersely expresses harsh or paradoxical truth.
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Science Quotes by François de La Rochefoucauld (2)
Death, like the sun, cannot be looked at steadily.
— François de La Rochefoucauld
Maxims (1678), no. 26, trans. F. G. Stevens (1939), 11.
It is easier to understand mankind in general than any individual man.
— François de La Rochefoucauld
Maxims (1678), no. 436, trans. F. G. Stevens (1939), 137.
