Collected Maxims and Other Reflections

By François de La Rochefoucauld

Categories: Literature & Fiction, Religion & Spirituality

This Oxford World's Classics edition presents the maxims and reflections of François de La Rochefoucauld, the seventeenth-century French nobleman and moralist. His short, sharp observations expose how self-interest and vanity lie behind many apparent virtues, from generosity to love. Translated by E. H. and A. M. Blackmore and Francine Giguère, the edition includes the full collection with the French text and notes.

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• Shane Parrish: “La Rochefoucauld — Collected Maxims and Other Reflections, by François de La Rochefoucauld. Deceptively brief and easy to read, La Rochefoucauld’s shrewd, unflattering analyses of human behavior have influenced writers, thinkers, and public figures as various as Voltaire, Proust, de Gaulle, Nietzsche, and Conan Doyle. This is the fullest collection of La Rochefoucauld’s writings ever published in ”