They were poets, fabulists, painters, playwrights, actors, composers and writers. Download collected maxims and other reflections, francois. 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. His collected maxims were revised and the authorized version appeared in 1678. Project gutenbergtm license terms from this work, or any files containing a part. Or, sentences and moral maxims our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised. He participated in military life and supported the interests of the french aristocracy. Rochefoucauld, who wrote a wellknown collection of maxims in which. The main reference i will use for the examples is the french 17th c. Other articles where maxims and moral reflections is discussed. Oct 01, 2005 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Les lire aujourdhui nous montre a quel point rien na vraiment change, et combien certains principes sont eternels. Quale scrittore piu invisibile e onnipotente di questo moralista che raggiunse. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book.
Collected maxims and other reflections, 2008, 400 pages, fran. Insieme alla duchessa di chevreuse prese parte a vari intrighi contro richelieu. Cardinal richelieu, the kings minister, uncovered the plots and broke up the conspiracy. Collected maxims and other reflections, 2008, 400 pages. Descended from the ancient dukes of guienne, the founder of the family fulk or foucauld, a younger branch of. This verbal mud slinging between two prominent men of. In england, john dryden, alexander pope, and jonathan swift produced some of the most memorable epigrams of their time. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.