Moral maxims and reflections

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REFLECTIONS; OR, SENTENCES AND MORAL MAXIMS Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised. [This epigraph which is the key to the system of La Rochefoucauld, is found in another form as No.

of the maxims of the first edition,it is omitted from the 2nd and 3rd, and reappears for the first time in the 4th edition, inas at present, at the head of the Reflections.—.

The full title of the text is Reflections or Aphorisms and Moral Maxims; and in centered text below the title are the words "Our virtues are usually only vices in disguise."The subtitle says as much as the title.

These aphorisms are bitter as they are pithy. Perhaps not bitter -- say, rather, that La Rochefoucauld was not optimistic about human nature/5. : Reflections; Or Sentences and Moral Maxims (): La Rochefoucauld, Francois Duc De, Bund, J. Willis, Friswell, J.

Hain: Books/5(17). "Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims" [] by Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld () is the predecessor to Thomas Fuller MD's "Gnomologia" [] and Benjamin Franklin's "Poor Richard's Almanac" []. Though some of the Reflections are also reminescent of Pulilius Syrus: "The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: a Roman Slave /5(10).

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Reflections: or sentences and moral Moral maxims and reflections book ← Back to item details. PDF/ePub Info Share, | 5 /   Excerpt from The Moral Maxims and Reflections of the Duke De La Rochefoucauld: With an Introduction and Notes It was the age when civilisation might seem to have attained the highest level compatible with the negation of freedom, when the French language had been just brought to its perfection as a vehicle of refined thought and delicate badinage.4/5(4).

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Or call MY /5(3). Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (French:Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales) is a collection of aphorisms written by French nobleman François de La Rochefoucauld between and Quotes []. as translated by L. Tancock. Les grandes âmes ne sont pas celles qui ont moins de passions et plus de vertus que les âmes communes, mais celles seulement qui ont de plus grands.

REFLECTIONS; OR, SENTENCES AND MORAL MAXIMS. Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised. [This epigraph which is the key to the system of La Rochefoucauld, is found in another form as No. of the maxims of the first edition,it is omitted. Reflections; or, sentences and moral maxims by François Duc De La Rochefoucald Prince de Marsillac.

Translated from the editions of and with introduction, notes, and some account of the author and his times by J.

Willis Bund, and J. Hain Friswell. Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims by François de La Rochefoucauld offers hundreds of brief, brutally honest observations of humankind and its self-serving nature. The perfect read for any realist—or anyone with the desire to evaluate their moral standing—this edition includes three supplements with additional maxims and : Open Road Media.

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Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maximsby François de La Rochefoucauld offers hundreds of brief, brutally honest observations of humankind and its self-serving nature. The perfect read for any realist—or anyone with the desire to evaluate their moral standing—this edition includes three supplements with additional maxims and essays.

Reflections; Or, Sentences and Moral Maxims, ISBNISBNLike New Used, Free shipping in the US Seller Rating: % positive. A Discourse upon the Reflections, or Sentences, and Moral Maxims, in a Letter to a Friend. S I R, I Am not able positively to tell you, Whether all these Moral Reflections were writ by Monsieur De—— altho’ the Stile and Manner of them seem to resemble his.

Read "Reflections Or, Sentences and Moral Maxims" by François Duc De La Rochefoucauld available from Rakuten Kobo. We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others. This famed work by a noted French author of the Renaiss 5/5. ‎Maxims, observations, and reflections: moral, political, and divine.

By Mr. Addison., Joseph Addison. Maxims, observations, and reflections: moral, political, and 4/5(1). Download Reflections; Or Sentences and Moral Maxims pdf File size: MB What's this? Many people prefer to read off-line or to print out text and read from the real printed page. Others want to carry documents around with them on their mobile phones and read while they are on the move.Other articles where Maxims and Moral Reflections is discussed: epigram: The Maximes () of François VI, Duke de La Rochefoucauld marked one of the high points of the epigram in French, influencing such later practitioners as Voltaire.

In England, John Dryden, Alexander Pope, and Jonathan Swift produced some of the most memorable epigrams of their time.MORAL MAXIMS AND REFLECTIONS. IN IV PARTS Written in French, by the DUKE of Rochefoucault Now made English. The Second Edition, Revised and Corrected, with the Addition of CXXXV MAXIMS, not Translated before.

LONDON: Printed for Richard Sare, at Grays-Inn-Gate, in Holborn, MDCCCVI.