| 单词 | La Rochefoucauld |
| 例句 | While guiding two British pilots toward freedom, La Rochefoucauld was arrested by Spanish police agents and sent to a prison camp. One of the Men Who ‘Set Europe Ablaze’ 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z As that mordant moralist La Rochefoucauld had it: "No one would fall in love if they hadn't heard it talked about." Which writer taught me most about love? 2012-02-10T22:55:10Z Dashing and brave, Robert de La Rochefoucauld was a member of the French Resistance who came from an aristocratic family. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z On 30 January 1918, he accepted an invitation from the Comtesse de La Rochefoucauld to attend a private performance at her home in the Rue Murillo of Borodin's Second String Quartet. Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris by Graham Robb 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z He can also be as worldly-wise as La Rochefoucauld: “It is very hard for a man, however modest, to grasp the possibility that a woman who has once loved him may love him no longer.” Review | ‘Ashenden’: the perfect late summer escape read, and a classic 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z La Rochefoucauld faced torture and death, yet he carried on. One of the Men Who ‘Set Europe Ablaze’ 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z This La Rochefoucauld did, winning a Croix de Guerre, made a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur and awarded other medals. One of the Men Who ‘Set Europe Ablaze’ 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Such a pensée fits with the French moralist tradition of Montaigne, Pascal and La Rochefoucauld, yet Baudelaire always regarded Edgar Allan Poe, whom he translated, as his spiritual brother. Review | Finding wisdom in Charles Baudelaire’s mad scribblings 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z We don’t ask which of La Rochefoucauld’s friends made him jealous—the thought lands independent of its circumstance. The Art of Aphorism 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Socrates and La Rochefoucauld were part of that world; so were the slaves in the kitchen. He’s One of Brazil’s Greatest Writers. Why Isn’t Machado de Assis More Widely Read? 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z But when the Nazis invaded France in 1940, the then-16-year-old wondered how he would contribute to the La Rochefoucauld legacy. Review | A French spy who risked his life in WWII for his nation and his family’s honor 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z You know something sceptical’s afoot when you find Larkin on your bedside table instead of Montaigne and La Rochefoucauld. Richard Ford: ‘Who needs friends?’ 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Or so we’d been told by Mr. No-Show, Mr. Nowhere, a French boy named Eugene de La Rochefoucauld. “The Prospectors” 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z He is an epigrammist and a raconteur, La Rochefoucauld in the body of a precocious twelve-year-old, a Huck Finn who has taken too many Great Books courses. Saul Bellow’s Revenge 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z The big idea: If change is “the only constant,” as Francois de La Rochefoucauld put it, why is it that change efforts cause such uproar and often fail? An impressionist’s approach to change 2013-05-03T14:13:41Z La Rochefoucauld, who briefly met Adolf Hitler while attending boarding school in Germany and then later Charles De Gaulle as an aspiring commando, is ready-made for an espionage movie treatment. Review | A French spy who risked his life in WWII for his nation and his family’s honor 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Epley says that he's reminded of a quotation from the 17th century French writer, François de La Rochefoucauld: "Everyone complains of his memory, and no one complains of his judgment." Your Elusive Future Self 2013-01-03T19:10:00Z Eugene de La Rochefoucauld had proffered a nasally invitation: would we be his guests next Saturday night, at the gala opening of the Evergreen Lodge? “The Prospectors” 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Robert de La Rochefoucauld, Noted for War Exploits, Dies at 88 Robert de La Rochefoucauld belonged to one of the oldest families of the French nobility. Robert de La Rochefoucauld, Noted for War Exploits, Dies at 88 2012-07-10T03:52:41Z Or, as La Rochefoucauld says: "If you think you love your mistress for the mere love of her, you are very much mistaken." Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits 2011-11-28T03:00:26.030Z But it’s here where Kix’s lack of an interview with La Rochefoucauld hurts his ability to tell the story as well as possible. Review | A French spy who risked his life in WWII for his nation and his family’s honor 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z It was La Rochefoucauld's Maximes; he resumed his seat, and began to read it with avidity. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z He was at least as cynical as his still better known contemporary La Rochefoucauld, if not more so, and he had less intellectual force and less nobility of character. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z He was a descendant of François de La Rochefoucauld, the author of a classic 17th-century book of maxims. Robert de La Rochefoucauld, Noted for War Exploits, Dies at 88 2012-07-10T03:52:41Z They also, La Rochefoucauld among them, praised our roads. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z But La Rochefoucauld hardly spoke about those moments in his memoir, to his relatives or in the audio interviews. Review | A French spy who risked his life in WWII for his nation and his family’s honor 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z I recall the maxim of La Rochefoucauld, “Gratitude is a lively sense of benefits to come.” A Foreword to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition 2011-08-20T02:00:13.567Z Beside La Rochefoucauld all other writers are diffuse, vacillating, unfinished, rough. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Mr. de La Rochefoucauld was a knight in the French Legion of Honor and a recipient of France’s Medal of Resistance, and he was decorated for bravery by the British. Robert de La Rochefoucauld, Noted for War Exploits, Dies at 88 2012-07-10T03:52:41Z It may be seen by this passage of La Rochefoucauld, that it is of no use to interpret the pagan virtues in a bad sense, for the argument can be retorted. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z I kept wondering: La Rochefoucauld died only five years ago. Review | A French spy who risked his life in WWII for his nation and his family’s honor 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z If ever a La Rochefoucauld compiles the sententi� of the breakfast-room he must include such apophthegms as these:— Even the most determined opponent of journalism becomes alert and prehensile on the arrival of the paper. Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 31, 1916 2011-08-09T02:00:23.527Z Frequently as the metaphor of minting or stamping coin has been applied to the art of managing words, it has never been applied so appropriately as to the maxims of La Rochefoucauld. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Mr. de La Rochefoucauld was an asset to the British in another way. Robert de La Rochefoucauld, Noted for War Exploits, Dies at 88 2012-07-10T03:52:41Z Each maxim of La Rochefoucauld is a “gem of purest ray serene,” wrought to the last degree of perfection in form with infinite artistic pains. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Thankfully, La Rochefoucauld earned a biographer worthy of his improbable life. Review | A French spy who risked his life in WWII for his nation and his family’s honor 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Into what La Rochefoucauld would say when he came to deal not with the readers of papers but with papers themselves, I cannot enter. Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 31, 1916 2011-08-09T02:00:23.527Z Like the older writer to whom we have compared them, neither can be said to have produced any one work of eminence, and in this they stand distinguished from moralists like La Rochefoucauld. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z He mentions among writers of the first order, Ibsen, Euripides, Byron, Wilde and La Rochefoucauld, and Shakespeare in Hamlet. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z Purity, precision, clearness, density, point, are perfectly reconciled in La Rochefoucauld’s style with ease, grace and brilliancy of expression. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z At the very moment that he despatched me to you, Monsieur La Rochefoucauld was executing the retreat. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z First, to paraphrase the French moralist La Rochefoucauld, things are never as good, or as bad, as they seem. Economic View: The Pendulum Swings Toward Austerity 2010-06-26T20:10:00Z The old wretch, by these feelings, justified that cold-blooded idea of La Rochefoucauld's, that "there is something in the misfortunes of our best friends which does not displease us." The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 It is the pithy way in which they are expressed by such men as La Rochefoucauld, La Bruyère, and Balzac that made the reputation of these great writers. Rambles in Womanland But they 57 unhappily did not make La Rochefoucauld in that respect at all peculiar among the distinguished men of his time. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Monsieur La Rochefoucauld also ordered me to make an important communication to you. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z La Rochefoucauld to the contrary, self-interest is not the inevitable mainspring of man; though, sadly I admit, it seems to be an indispensable cog-wheel in his complicated works. . . . The Book of Susan A Novel This objection, indeed, applies to almost all writers after 1660, except Molière, and La Fontaine, and La Rochefoucauld. A Short History of French Literature In September of last year you were in Paris with our cousin, La Rochefoucauld, about our desperate money straits, when the assembly decreed the seizure of Avignon from the Pope's vice-legate. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington Less than half a century after La Rochefoucauld and La Bruy�re had shown the way, Vauvenargues followed in a similar style of authorship, promising almost to rival the fame of his two predecessors. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Soubise, La Rochefoucauld and Saragosse received and, with their wonted skill, executed another set of orders. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z After her marriage, she seemed to have but one interest--La Rochefoucauld, just as that of Mme. de Maintenon was Louis XIV. and that of Mme. de S�vign�--her daughter. Women of Modern France (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 7 (of 10) Nor is there the force and vigour about La Bruyère's moral reflections that there is about La Rochefoucauld's. A Short History of French Literature Reaching Paris in the night of June 27-28, he alighted at the house of his intimate friend, the Duke de La Rochefoucauld, who was about to play so honorable a part. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty The following sentence might be a “Maxim” of La Rochefoucauld. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Should she marry again, I request Madam La Rochefoucauld, my niece, to take charge of them. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z Mme. de La Fayette exercised a great influence upon La Rochefoucauld--an influence that was wholesome in every way. Women of Modern France (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 7 (of 10) Meanwhile he was writing the Memoirs which, like the Maxims of his rival and half-enemy, La Rochefoucauld, unexpectedly gained for him a higher reputation in literature than he could have hoped for in politics. A Short History of French Literature La Rochefoucauld was occupied for the space of fifteen years in preparing for publication his little work called "Maximes," rewriting many of them more than thirty times. Methods of Authors Here is, perhaps, the most current of all La Rochefoucauld’s maxims: French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z You tempt me to revise the wisest of La Rochefoucauld’s maxims, and say that every woman is at heart a snake. The Silent Barrier Many of the greatest names of the era were already carved on tombs: La Rochefoucauld, Pascal, Corneille, Molière. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 We have nothing to do with the moral side of the matter here, and it is sufficient to say that La Rochefoucauld is not an advocate of the selfish or any other school of moralists. A Short History of French Literature "You remember La Rochefoucauld's aphorism, 'One is never so easily deceived as when one seeks to deceive others'?" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 “Letters,” “Memoirs,” and “Maxims,” indeed name productions in three kinds, productions all of them notable, and all still extant, from La Rochefoucauld’s pen. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z And Aeschylus has remarked, and La Rochefoucauld and Helv�tius bear him out, how much easier a man finds the effort to sympathize with another's misery than to rejoice in his joy. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe Meantime, Coligny and La Rochefoucauld were advancing to meet him with the �lite of their army and with all the artillery they had. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 La Rochefoucauld is never enigmatical, rarely sententious merely, and is almost indifferent to the production of mots. A Short History of French Literature Let us begin with La Rochefoucauld, as recently reviewed in the Journal des D�bats. Notes and Queries, Number 232, April 8, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Voltaire said, “The ‘Memoirs’ of the Duc de La Rochefoucauld are read, but we know his ‘Maxims’ by heart.” French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z The wish accomplished, the prayer may be one of gratitude, often enough of that kind described by La Rochefoucauld, of which a prominent element is “a lively sense of possible favors to come.” The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion La Rochefoucauld, Soubise, and others were criminated to a minor degree. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 Born at La Rochefoucauld, without any advantages of family or fortune, he began as a domestic of its seigneur. A Short History of French Literature In the La Rochefoucauld is the essence of the worldly wisdom of one of the cleverest judges of men and things. Law and Laughter La Rochefoucauld’s “Maxims” are detached sentences of reflection and wisdom on human character and conduct. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Age, full of care and fear, is thus prompted to piety, willing, as La Rochefoucauld remarks, to do good by precept when it can no longer do evil by example. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion With Beza and La Rochefoucauld, who were with him at Caen, he published, on the twelfth of March, a long and dignified defence. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 The moralizing might be by La Bruy�re or La Rochefoucauld. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures La Rochefoucauld, French sailing vessel, 2,200 tons; owned in Nantes; 24 men. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Self-love is the mainspring and motive of every thing we do, or say, or feel, or think—that is the total result of the “Maxims” of La Rochefoucauld. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z The transcendentalism of Emerson, the naturalism of Zola, the cynicism of La Rochefoucauld are all convergent streams in the torrent of reforming words which make the soul fertile. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war He said one day, with a flash of cynical wisdom worthy of a La Rochefoucauld, that honest statesmanship was the employment of individual meanness for the public good. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index But whether or not Madame de Sablé’s influence served to enrich the Pensées of Pascal, it is clear that but for her influence the “Maxims” of La Rochefoucauld would never have existed. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete It was she who then, in her turn, was compelled to draw over La Rochefoucauld. Political Women, Vol. 2 Brave, spirited, a touch of chivalry in him, honorable and amiable as the world reckons of its own, La Rochefoucauld ran a career consistent throughout with his own master-principle—self-love. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z The intruder, La Rochefoucauld, Duke de Liancourt, was not a man of talent, but he was universally known as the most benevolent and the most beneficent of the titled nobles of the realm. Lectures on the French Revolution Then again, every one knew that La Rochefoucauld was Cond�'s righthand man, but he was supposed to be far away from Paris. My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France Madame p. 58de Maintenon tends word to La Rochefoucauld, after the publication of his work, that the “Book of Job” and the “Maxims” are her only reading. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete As we have said, La Rochefoucauld had grown wearied of the Fronde, into which he had hopefully flung himself in 1648. Political Women, Vol. 2 Turenne and La Rochefoucauld, too, often thought less of their glory or the success of their party, than of what might be agreeable to the Duchess de Longueville, of whose love they were so envious. Political Women, Vol. 1 La Rochefoucauld is responsible for the oft quoted epigram that the woman who hesitates is lost, and Sylvia had certainly hesitated. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley But La Rochefoucauld is here to represent him. My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France La Rochefoucauld availed himself of this permission, and “edited” the notice, touching up the style, and leaving out the blame. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete Embroiled with the Court and her brothers, abandoned by La Rochefoucauld, in the decline of her beauty, upon the eve of maturity, she saw in Heaven alone a refuge against others and herself. Political Women, Vol. 2 La Rochefoucauld stopped him for a moment on the threshold of war, entreating Condé to allow him to undertake fresh negotiations. Political Women, Vol. 1 We put in for lunch at La Roche-Guyon, a trim little town lying close beneath the Renaissance château of the La Rochefoucauld's. The Automobilist Abroad After a great deal of talk it was decided that La Rochefoucauld should visit Paris and stir up the people to demand Cond�'s release. My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France It is curious to see La Rochefoucauld’s nervous anxiety about presenting himself before the public as an author; far from rushing into print, he stole into it, and felt his way by asking private opinions. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete In vain had he offered to La Rochefoucauld the post of Nemours, the command under him, and thus to be the second authority in his army. Political Women, Vol. 2 Such was the design she formed within herself and very soon resolved upon adopting, and the fresh negotiations which La Rochefoucauld proposed thwarted her doubly. Political Women, Vol. 1 La Rochefoucauld was wise when he said that vanity was at the root of most human mistakes. Three Things By the way, did you know that La Rochefoucauld is in Paris? My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France But when she submitted it to La Rochefoucauld he objected to the paragraph which stated the adverse opinion, and requested her to alter it. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete La Rochefoucauld had excused himself on account of his wound, and Cond� gave the vacant command to the Prince de Tarente. Political Women, Vol. 2 Up to the moment of her appearance on the scene of party strife in connection with La Rochefoucauld, Madame de Longueville had not achieved much political notoriety. Political Women, Vol. 1 La Rochefoucauld has said that prudence and love are inconsistent. The Man Who Knew Those of La Rochefoucauld were submitted to her as to an oracle; five years were given to shaping a tiny volume; fifteen years to rehandling and polishing every phrase. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. While Madame de Sablé was thus playing the literary confidante to La Rochefoucauld, and was the soul of a society whose chief interest was the belles-lettres, she was equally active in graver matters. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete Mazarin was too cautious to treat La Rochefoucauld after the same fashion. Political Women, Vol. 2 Reports, only too true, had informed him of what until then he had only surmised imperfectly—the declared liaison of his wife with La Rochefoucauld. Political Women, Vol. 1 May Nuttall, who had never explored the philosophies of La Rochefoucauld, had nevertheless seen that quotation in the birthday book of an acquaintance, and the saying had made a great impression upon her. The Man Who Knew Traces of preciosity are found in some of the earliest sentences; that infirmity was soon overcome by La Rochefoucauld, and his utterances become as clear and as hard as diamond. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Nevertheless, La Rochefoucauld seems to have prized him, to have appealed to his judgment, and to have concocted maxims with him, which he afterward begs him to submit to Madame Sablé. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete The Duchess de Longueville, when no longer guided by La Rochefoucauld, did not fail to lose herself in aimless projects, and to compromise herself in intrigues without result. Political Women, Vol. 2 Bouillon and La Rochefoucauld, the Princess’s advisers, recommended that a royal envoy should be cut to pieces. Political Women, Vol. 1 Both, however, lived in a period subsequent to that in which La Rochefoucauld wrote. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I During the fifteen years which preceded the death of La Rochefoucauld her friendship for him was the centre of her existence. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. The taste and the talent enhanced each other; until, at last, La Rochefoucauld began to be conscious of his pre-eminence in the circle of maxim-mongers, and thought of a wider audience. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete All her eccentric movements were attributable to the restless and fickle spirit of La Rochefoucauld. Political Women, Vol. 2 And thus she awaited the issue of the negotiations, counselled and carried on by La Rochefoucauld, which should decide her destiny. Political Women, Vol. 1 Along with some of the best of the sayings of Chesterfield, La Rochefoucauld, Addison, and other famous masters of sentences, is much that is nearer to the level of nursery commonplace. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 7: W.R. Greg: A Sketch In La Rochefoucauld we meet another eminent example of the author of one book. Classic French Course in English The coincidence between Augustinianism or Calvinism, with its doctrine of human corruption, and the hard cynicism of the maxims, presents itself in quite a piquant form in some of the laudatory opinions on La Rochefoucauld. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete I shall lay the matter before La Rochefoucauld, and request him to make a complaint to the king. Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS In that she made common cause with La Rochefoucauld, and was in open quarrel with Madame de Longueville. Political Women, Vol. 1 La Rochefoucauld, with whom the king had been in merry chat until eleven o'clock of the preceding evening, was aroused by a loud knocking upon his door. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. "Letters," "Memoirs," and "Maxims" indeed name productions in three kinds, productions all of them notable, and all still extant, from La Rochefoucauld's pen. Classic French Course in English The writings of La Rochefoucauld were subjected to accurate and detailed examination in the edition begun by Gilbert in 1868, and brought to a pause at his untimely death in 1870. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France These sentences are very like the Proverbs in the Bible, very like La Rochefoucauld or extracts and quotations from famous works. Serbia in Light and Darkness With Preface by the Archbishop of Canterbury, (1916) In 1649, she had only too far contributed to make him enter by degrees upon that fatal path into which La Rochefoucauld had lured herself. Political Women, Vol. 1 The Department of the Seine, presided by La Rochefoucauld, tried to assert its constitutional authority over the great city situated within its limits. The French Revolution A Short History Voltaire said, "The 'Memoirs' of the Duc de La Rochefoucauld are read, but we know his 'Maxims' by heart." Classic French Course in English The book, as every one knows, was the work of the Duke of La Rochefoucauld, and the subject of it was an unmasking of "the veritable condition of man." Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France La Rochefoucauld, whose reputation the indignant eloquence of Cousin has so damaged, was the object of an admiring friendship, of which he was not worthy, from Madame de Sévigné and Madame de la Fayette. The Friendships of Women La Rochefoucauld says so, and all contemporary writers repeat the same. Political Women, Vol. 1 Perhaps, after all, there is something in the question of La Rochefoucauld, 'Is it not astonishing that we are not altogether overpowered at the misfortunes of our friends?' Trifles for the Christmas Holidays Brave, spirited, a touch of chivalry in him, honorable and amiable as the world reckons of its own, La Rochefoucauld ran a career consistent throughout with his own master-principle, self-love. Classic French Course in English We seem far from the sombre and mordant author of the "Maximes," but a complete apprehension of the character of La Rochefoucauld requires the story of his adventures to be at least briefly indicated. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France After her marriage, she seemed to have but one interest—La Rochefoucauld, just as that of Mme. de Maintenon was Louis XIV. and that of Mme. de S�vign�—her daughter. Women of Modern France In vain in his Memoirs does he studiedly put forward general considerations: like La Rochefoucauld, he was only working for himself, and at least had the candour to own it. Political Women, Vol. 1 The often-quoted maxim of La Rochefoucauld, that there is something in the misfortunes of our friends which affords us a degree of secret pleasure, is well known to the Persians. Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers But they unhappily did not make La Rochefoucauld in that respect at all peculiar among the distinguished men of his time. Classic French Course in English La Rochefoucauld's support of the rebellion frankly and openly was based upon it. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Mme. de La Fayette exercised a great influence upon La Rochefoucauld—an influence that was wholesome in every way. Women of Modern France Thus the principal and the dominant motive of Madame de Longueville’s conduct was just the opposite of that which La Rochefoucauld imputed to her. Political Women, Vol. 1 Compared with him La Rochefoucauld's manner is hard, and that of La Bruyère sententious. Critical Miscellanies (Vol 2 of 3) Essay 1: Vauvenargues Here is, perhaps, the most current of all La Rochefoucauld's maxims:— No. 218. Classic French Course in English The aims of La Rochefoucauld, in support of which he was ready to sacrifice his country, were of a class that must seem to us now petty in the extreme. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France A volume of his aphorisms would have stood creditably on the library shelf with La Rochefoucauld's Maxims. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 No one ever knew how far Madame de Longueville committed herself on that occasion; but, as we have remarked, the slightest appearance was enough for La Rochefoucauld. Political Women, Vol. 1 By Gally's time writers like Pascal, La Rochefoucauld, and La Bruyère had done much to show the complex and paradoxical nature of human behaviour. A Critical Essay on Characteristic-Writings From his translation of The Moral Characters of Theophrastus (1725) Less than half a century after La Rochefoucauld and La Bruyère had shown the way, Vauvenargues followed in a similar style of authorship, promising almost to rival the fame of his two predecessors. Classic French Course in English There has always been a certain je ne sais quoi in M. de La Rochefoucauld. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Not even the fact that he quoted her adored La Rochefoucauld, in flawless French, softened her estimate. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man The memoirs of La Rochefoucauld and Gourville must be consulted for the details of that extraordinary journey, and all the dangers it presented. Political Women, Vol. 1 La Rochefoucauld, expressing a commonplace with the penetrative terseness that made him a master of the apophthegm, pronounced it "not to be enough to have great qualities: a man must have the economy of them." Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) The following sentence might be a Maxim of La Rochefoucauld. Classic French Course in English No one was ever more suddenly and more completely cured of a whole system of existence than was La Rochefoucauld by the wound which was so nearly fatal. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France La Rochefoucauld says: "Preserving the health by too strict a regimen is a wearisome malady", but it is open to all men to choose whether they will endure the remedy or the disease. Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment Such was the end pointed out to her by La Rochefoucauld when engaging her in the Fronde at the beginning of 1648, and she had never lost sight of it. Political Women, Vol. 1 La Rochefoucauld expresses the same sentiment as his own. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy M. de La Rochefoucauld appears often by name in the letters. Classic French Course in English La Rochefoucauld had said, "Don't be ridiculous—a blatant love of self is the only spring of your being." Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France "There is something," says La Rochefoucauld, "in the misfortunes of our best friends that doth not displease us." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 Yes—she had grave cause of complaint against La Rochefoucauld. Political Women, Vol. 1 It was not, however, without extreme regret that he found he had it not in his power to save Teligny, La Nouë; and M. de La Rochefoucauld. Memoirs and Historical Chronicles of the Courts of Europe Marguerite de Valois, Madame de Pompadour, and Catherine de Medici La Rochefoucauld's "Maxims" are detached sentences of reflection and wisdom on human character and conduct. Classic French Course in English He is much less formal and mechanical than La Rochefoucauld, and he seems to study men with less dependence on a theory. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France One of the works which most contributed to. forming the national taste was the "Maxims" of La Rochefoucauld. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History In such a fashion, thanks to the honest intervention of La Rochefoucauld, a good understanding was kept up, and the conspiracy went quietly forwards. Political Women, Vol. 1 His criticism is more convincing than La Rochefoucauld's because it is based upon a wider and a deeper foundation. Landmarks in French Literature Purity, precision, clearness, density, point, are perfectly reconciled in La Rochefoucauld's style with ease, grace, and brilliancy of expression. Classic French Course in English In La Rochefoucauld we encountered a representative of the dominant class, the prince-dukes. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France He seems to have thought that every thing happens in America, as La Rochefoucauld said of France. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 But even if Anne de Bourbon had been wise enough to speak thus to La Rochefoucauld, she would not have succeeded in gaining his ear. Political Women, Vol. 1 La Rochefoucauld and La Bruyère, writing the one at the beginning, the other towards the close, of the classical period, both practised the art of extreme brevity with astonishing success. Landmarks in French Literature In spite of La Rochefoucauld's protests, the pirated "Memoirs" continued to be printed, and it was not until very many years after his death, in 1817, that an authentic edition made its appearance. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters Then, I think, La Bruyère, always extremely fastidious, observed that the form of his writing was growing to resemble too much that of La Rochefoucauld, and so he began to diversify it with "portraits." Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France The epigrams are never good, they never come within measurable distance of La Rochefoucauld, Balzac, or even Gohcourt. Confessions of a Young Man La Rochefoucauld wrote unceasingly to Stenay, and gave an account of everything he did. Political Women, Vol. 1 The case is overstated, no doubt; but the strength of La Rochefoucauld's position can only be appreciated when one has felt for oneself the keen arrows of his wit. Landmarks in French Literature It's the old dowagers of the Faubourg St. Germain, and your La Rochefoucauld, more than all the rest, who tell you these wonderful stories; but you worry me to death with them. Queen Hortense A Life Picture of the Napoleonic Era It would be idle not to admit that La Rochefoucauld has been almost exclusively regarded as the chief exponent of egotism among the great writers of Europe. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Let us not forget either that not quite all is selfishness in La Rochefoucauld. Studies in Literature We have already shown that before her liaison with La Rochefoucauld, Madame de Longueville had been a stranger to politics. Political Women, Vol. 1 Unlike the majority of the writers of his age, La Rochefoucauld was an aristocrat; and this fact gives a peculiar tone to his work. Landmarks in French Literature The king had given his posts to the Prince of Marcillac, son of La Rochefoucauld. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 But when the First Lord goes on to add "He's opposite to humanity," we feel that no phrase could less apply to La Rochefoucauld. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France One of the most commonly known of all books of maxims, after the Proverbs of Solomon, are the Moral Reflections of La Rochefoucauld. Studies in Literature In fact, Madame de Longueville, it may be noted, was enceinte for the last time in 1648, when, it must be confessed, her connection with La Rochefoucauld was well known. Political Women, Vol. 1 The Duke of La Rochefoucauld had fastened the door with an iron catch, keeping it so to prevent its opening any wider. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 La Rochefoucauld wrote: "It is with true love as with ghosts; everybody speaks of it, but few have seen it." Primitive Love and Love-Stories La Rochefoucauld is the author, not merely of the "Maximes," but of a second book which is much less often read. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France The epigrams are never good, they never come within measurable distance of La Rochefoucauld, Balzac, or even Goncourt. Confessions of a Young Man Like La Rochefoucauld, De Retz has only one object in his Memoirs—that of investing himself with a semblance of capacity and making a great figure in every way, in evil as well as good. Political Women, Vol. 1 The dispute grew warm; the presidents flung themselves between the disputants; Conde yielded to their entreaties, and begged the Duke of La Rochefoucauld to go and tell his friends to withdraw. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 When you have time to look, I think you will find some agreeable books, and your old friends La Rochefoucauld, etc. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel Among this group of writers, Cardinal de Retz seems to me to be beyond question the greatest, but La Rochefoucauld is not to be despised in his capacity as the arranger of personal recollections. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France That is better than to be a strong spirit and read La Rochefoucauld. The Confession of a Child of the Century The memoirs of the time, and especially those of De Retz and La Rochefoucauld, make us sufficiently well acquainted with their names and characters. Political Women, Vol. 1 Mesdames de Sevigne and de La Fayette were of the court, as were the Duke of La Rochefoucauld and Cardinal de Retz. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 "Her maxims would fill a book as big as La Rochefoucauld." The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel La Rochefoucauld, although he begins in the first person, has nothing which he chooses to tell us about his own childhood and education. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France At the elevation Prince Joseph removed the Emperor's crown, and Madame de La Rochefoucauld, Maid of Honor, that of the Empress. The Court of the Empress Josephine He shared the parentage of it along with La Rochefoucauld. Political Women, Vol. 1 On the 16th of March, 1680, after the closest and longest of intimacies, she had lost her best friend, the Duke of La Rochefoucauld. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 "May I come again to-night—to return La Rochefoucauld?" he asked, with his droll smile. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel It was the age of the salons, and La Rochefoucauld tells us why it was that he became their sedulous associate. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Notwithstanding there are no less than eight English translations of La Rochefoucauld, hardly any are readable, none are free from faults, and all fail more or less to convey the author's meaning. Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims La Rochefoucauld obtained, therefore, on all sides to his advances only very vague responses. Political Women, Vol. 1 M. de La Rochefoucauld thought worse of men than of life. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 "See—this book is the only thing I brought with me, besides the miniature of my great-great-grandmother," and I took up La Rochefoucauld tenderly. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel There is so little said about theology, in the direct sense, in the writings of La Rochefoucauld, that his various French critics have given perhaps too little thought to his religious tendencies. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Of all the French epigrammatic writers La Rochefoucauld is at once the most widely known, and the most distinguished. Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims La Rochefoucauld brewed a storm out of it which, thanks to his Memoirs, has sent its echoes down to posterity. Political Women, Vol. 1 More earnest and less bitter than La Rochefoucauld, and as brilliant and as firm as Cardinal de Retz, La Bruyere was a more sincere believer than either. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 He picked up La Rochefoucauld and opened it. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel La Rochefoucauld blames himself, in his self-portrait, for arguing too fiercely, and for being testy with an opponent, but these faults were not perceived by other people. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France La Rochefoucauld's early education was neglected; his father, occupied in the affairs of state, either had not, or did not devote any time to his education. Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims At the time when La Rochefoucauld obtained political notoriety, a crisis occurred in France in national manners, sentiments, and feelings. Political Women, Vol. 1 Cardinal de Retz had more wits, more courage, and more resolution than the Duke of La Rochefoucauld; he was more ambitious and more bold; he was, like him, meddlesome, powerless, and dangerous to the state. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 As I told Hephzibah, the little copy of La Rochefoucauld and the miniature of Ambrosine Eustasie are the only things of mine—my own—that are here, besides all my new books, of course. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel At first La Rochefoucauld seems to have meant to support the cause of the court, expecting to be rewarded for what he had done, or been prepared to do for the Queen. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France He also anticipated La Rochefoucauld and Byron in their apophthegm concerning woman's last love. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 Still later she compromised herself somewhat with the Duke de Nemours; but the only man she truly loved with heart and soul was La Rochefoucauld. Political Women, Vol. 1 Then they went to the Rue de La Rochefoucauld. L'Assommoir La Rochefoucauld, in his little volume of Maxims, enshrined thoughts that were often profound in a highly accurate and delicate setting. Initiation into Literature She was the sister of the Prince de Conti, and from the time when her celebrated relations with La Rochefoucauld began, her influence engaged him in all the unplumbed chaos which led to civil war. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Finally he believed with La Rochefoucauld that "Pity is a passion which is wholly useless to a well-constituted mind." The Cathedral La Rochefoucauld gives some particulars which explain what follows. Political Women, Vol. 1 "Bossuet, if I remember rightly, was with the Duke de La Rochefoucauld at the last, was he not?" In and out of Three Normady Inns I give the story as related by La Rochefoucauld in his "Memoirs," whence Alexandre Dumas culled it that he might turn it to such excellent romantic account. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series It distinguishes Vauvenargues at once from all the great French moralists who preceded him, from La Rochefoucauld with his savage cynicism, from Pascal with his contempt of the natural man. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France La Rochefoucauld was La Fontaine's friend and patron. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes But no sooner was La Rochefoucauld master of her heart, than she gave herself wholly up to him, and became a mere instrument in his hands. Political Women, Vol. 1 La Rochefoucauld uttered maxims which were learned by heart by giddy courtiers. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers So one day, many months after his departure, she begged Gerbier—as La Rochefoucauld tells us—to journey to London and bear the Duke a trifling memento of her—a set of diamond studs. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series The fervour and the emotion are there still, but they are kept in reserve, they are below the surface, "at the bottom of the heart," as La Rochefoucauld puts it. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France La Rochefoucauld proposed to issue an address to the people showing the goodness of the currency and the absurdity of preferring coin. Fiat Money Inflation in France Madame de Longueville, directed by La Rochefoucauld, did then everything possible to gain over her brother. Political Women, Vol. 1 His phrasing is unpretentious, even homely, wearing none of the polished brilliancy of La Rochefoucauld or Bernard Shaw; but Mark Twain's sayings "stick" because they are rooted in shrewdness and hard commonsense. Mark Twain Such essays as those of a Montaigne or a La Rochefoucauld make excellent materials for the social sciences, and can never be displaced by them as sources of knowledge of life. The Principles of Aesthetics It would take us too far out of our path to comment on the relation of this epicureanism to the religion of La Rochefoucauld's day, but a few words seem necessary on this subject. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France It is more shameful, as La Rochefoucauld said, to distrust a friend than to be deceived by him. Problems of Conduct La Rochefoucauld—a moralist, though by no means a moral man—who well knew the sex, had seen at work these political women of the time of the Fronde. Political Women, Vol. 1 Near the town of Saint Cere they met the Dukes of Bouillon and La Rochefoucauld, with eight hundred men, mostly gentlemen, who were ready to take up their cause. Stray Pearls M. de La Rochefoucauld did not fear to declare it to him. The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X His reputation loses nothing by our discovering that he owes much to Montaigne and still more to La Rochefoucauld. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France La Rochefoucauld said that there are convenient marriages, but no delightful ones. Candida What would he have done had he perused the statement of Fontrailles, the Duke de Bouillon’s memoirs, a letter of Turenne, and the declaration of La Rochefoucauld? Political Women, Vol. 1 In virtue as much of La Rochefoucauld's letters as of the sentiments which the Chevalier heard me express, I became the honoured guest at his ch�teau. The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes M. de La Rochefoucauld had the last word, and remained at the head of the direction of the Fine Arts until the close of the Restoration. The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X It is vexing that Mme de Sévigné, who might have spared us two or three of her immortal pages, although she incessantly mentions and even quotes La Rochefoucauld, generally refrains from describing him. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France All people of good sense are not so persuaded of the general corruption as is M. de La Rochefoucauld. The Women of the French Salons La Rochefoucauld, the historian of that party, has made us tolerably familiar with the men who composed it. Political Women, Vol. 1 But M. de Resbecq vows that he once picked up a copy of the first edition of La Rochefoucauld's "Maxims" out of a box which two booksellers had just searched. The Library The Viscount de La Rochefoucauld perceived it clearly. The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X La Bruyère, in particular, was not exempt from this amiable weakness, but his ghost needs feel no displeasure if we insist on connecting him with the effort of La Rochefoucauld. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France It was here that her friendship with La Rochefoucauld glided imperceptibly into the intimacy which became so important a feature in her life. The Women of the French Salons Now La Rochefoucauld should have been the last person to complain of that defect, since he was the first to foster it in the Duchess. Political Women, Vol. 1 In his desolate Maxims, La Rochefoucauld wrote, "In the grief or mischance of a friend you may note, There is something which always gives pleasure." Lucile M. de La Rochefoucauld is the only one who is popular, but his influence is against you. The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X In like manner, La Rochefoucauld seems to us in a general view, and seemed indeed to his own Parisian contemporaries, to have invented a new art in the production of his "Maximes." Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France The picture we have of La Rochefoucauld from the pen of Mme. de Sevigne has small resemblance to the ideal that one forms of the cynical author of the Maxims. The Women of the French Salons Maulevrier, trembling at being discovered, and at having compromised Madame de Fouquerolles, ran to La Rochefoucauld, who was his friend, confided to him his secret, and begged him to undertake to hush up the affair. Political Women, Vol. 1 This help we do need, as La Rochefoucauld points out, with even contemporary correctness, ``It is easier to know men than to know a particular man.'' Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students In theatrical matters, the Viscount Sosthenes de La Rochefoucauld exercised a salutary influence. The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X His conscience and his memory were prepared, and the truth is that a great deal of La Rochefoucauld's teaching passed into his veins without his knowing it. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France La Rochefoucauld says, "If I could hope for two dishes of those preserves, which I did not deserve to eat before, I should be indebted to you all my life." The Women of the French Salons If she only yielded to the advice of La Rochefoucauld, we have the more excuse for her, and assert that the fault comes home to him. Political Women, Vol. 1 Even La Rochefoucauld was of the opinion that the great and splendid deeds which are presented by statesmen as the outcome of far-reaching plans are, as a rule, merely the result of inclination and passion. Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students On the throne," says the Viscount Sosthenes de La Rochefoucauld," he was generous to excess. The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X No wonder that La Rochefoucauld has been generally regarded as a scourge of the human race, a sterile critic of mankind without sympathy or pity. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Similar theories of human nature run through the maxims of Esprit and Saint Evremond, without the exquisite turn which makes each one of La Rochefoucauld's a gem in itself. The Women of the French Salons La Rochefoucauld alone has no right to impute it to her as a crime. Political Women, Vol. 1 One Sunday at La Rochefoucauld Market she had made her peace with Satin after having flown at her with furious reproaches about Mme Robert. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola We find La Rochefoucauld writing to Esprit, "I shall be much obliged if you will show our last sentences to Mme de Sablé; it may perhaps induce her to write some of her own." Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France This may be applied to French energy, and we may begin to see what has been the active value of La Rochefoucauld's apparently negative and repugnant aphorisms. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France La Rochefoucauld writes to her, "I know no more inventions for entering your house; I am refused at the door every day." The Women of the French Salons La Rochefoucauld took upon himself to arrange everything in the best way possible. Political Women, Vol. 1 Thus one Sunday, when she was bargaining for some pigeons at La Rochefoucauld Market, she was delighted to meet Satin, who, in her turn, was busy purchasing a bunch of radishes. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola The young Duke of Longueville was also killed at the Rhine, and he, as a select circle of intimate friends were perfectly aware, was really the love-child of La Rochefoucauld. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France The La Rochefoucauld whom we know belongs to a polite and modern age. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France La Rochefoucauld had not yet disturbed the serenity of her heart, nor political intrigues her peace of mind. The Women of the French Salons If La Rochefoucauld offers us the quintessence of aristocracy, La Bruyère is not less a specimen of the middle class. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France "The refinements of self-love surpass those of chemistry," and the purpose of La Rochefoucauld is to resolve all our virtues in a crucible and to show that nothing remains but a poisonous deposit of egotism. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France It is a complete mistake to look upon La Rochefoucauld as a monster, or even as a Timon. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France But the pedantries and affectations of this wonderful society seem to have made no immediate impression upon La Rochefoucauld, whose early years were those of the young nobleman devoid of all apparent intellectual curiosity. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France "The heart or M. de La Rochefoucauld for his family is a thing incomparable." The Women of the French Salons There is something," says La Rochefoucauld, "at once peevish and proud in my appearance. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France There seems little doubt that Esprit was known early to La Rochefoucauld, for he was familiar in the family of the Duke and Duchess of Longueville, and later the governor of their children. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Here, however, we are not concerned with more than one of them, that which is signed with the initials of the Duke of La Rochefoucauld. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Duke of La Rochefoucauld, as a typical Parisian, was born in the ducal palace in the rue des Petits-Champs, on September 15, 1613. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France In all the confidences of the two women, La Rochefoucauld makes a third. The Women of the French Salons Let us turn to the few, but profoundly beautiful reflections which form the constructive element in La Rochefoucauld's teaching. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France This La Rochefoucauld stoutly denied, but he was not so excessive as his commentators in his condemnation of that self-love which he declares to be the source of all our moral actions. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France We must read La Rochefoucauld closely to perceive why a book so searching, and even so cruel as his, has exercised on the genius of France a salutary and a lasting influence. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Fighting and love-making, petty politics and scuffle upon counter-scuffle—such was the life of the young French nobleman of whom La Rochefoucauld reveals himself and is revealed by others as the type and specimen. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France But her natural atmosphere was an intellectual one, and the friend of La Rochefoucauld, who would have "liked Montaigne for a neighbor," had her own message for the world. The Women of the French Salons It is very amusing to see how anxious La Bruyère is not to seem to owe anything to La Rochefoucauld. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Segrais, whose recollections of him are among the most precious which have come down to us, says that La Rochefoucauld never argued. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France There have always been, and always will be, people who experience a sort of malaise, an ill-defined discomfort, as though they sat in an east wind, while they read La Rochefoucauld. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France The very next day after this attempt to assassinate Retz in a peculiarly disgraceful way, La Rochefoucauld met the Cardinal driving through the streets of Paris in his coach. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France The latter is little more than a series of detached sentences, but it indicates the drift of her thought, and might have served as an antidote to the selfish philosophy of La Rochefoucauld. The Women of the French Salons There is an element of unmercifulness in the candour of La Rochefoucauld which is distressing to sentimentalists. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France For the last ten years of La Rochefoucauld's life she was one of the closest observers of the famous sedentary friendship. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France The design of La Rochefoucauld was to make people ashamed of their egotism, and so to help them to modify it. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France La Rochefoucauld admits the escapade, without any sign of embarrassment, merely observing that Retz would have done as much by him if he had only had the chance. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France It was under this stimulating influence that La Rochefoucauld made the well-known pen-portrait of himself. The Women of the French Salons To understand the wholesome influence which La Rochefoucauld has exercised on French character, we must keep constantly in sight his hatred of falsehood. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Voltaire recognized nothing else in La Rochefoucauld but this sardonic misanthropy, this determination to prove that man is guided solely by self-interest. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Unlike Mandeville, our own great cynic of the eighteenth century, La Rochefoucauld, while calling in question the reality of almost all benevolent impulses, stopped short of denying the existence of virtue itself. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France La Rochefoucauld told Mme de Sablé that he depended on her for his knowledge of the inmost windings of the human heart. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France The maxims of La Rochefoucauld, which are familiar to all, have extended into a literature. The Women of the French Salons Such touches are rare, and Paris seems best to suit what Mme de Sévigné admirably calls "the grey-brown" thought of La Rochefoucauld. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Its nature was foreshadowed in the tribute La Rochefoucauld paid to women in his portrait of himself. The Women of the French Salons The maxims of La Rochefoucauld were the rule of life. The Women of the French Salons In other words, La Rochefoucauld had, by 1658, become a complete, and indeed the most competent and highly finished example of the new social intelligence which was to be found in France. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France When La Rochefoucauld had composed his sentences," says Cousin, "he talked them over before or after dinner, or he sent them at the end of a letter. The Women of the French Salons Then she goes away to Meudon for a few days, leaving La Rochefoucauld "incredibly sad." The Women of the French Salons Her friends often sought her counsel; and it was through her familiarity with legal technicalities that La Rochefoucauld was enabled to save his fortune, which he was at one time in danger of losing. The Women of the French Salons But this valet-de-chambre of La Rochefoucauld, who amassed a fortune and became a man of some note, was jealous of her influence over his former master, and his opinions should be taken with reservation. The Women of the French Salons This was, perhaps, the beginning of the dead-set against La Rochefoucauld. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France It was her good fortune to be brought into contact with the genius of a Pascal and a La Rochefoucauld,—men who reared immortal works upon the pastime of an idle hour. The Women of the French Salons You have taste below your intelligence; so has M. de La Rochefoucauld; and myself also, but not so much as you two. The Women of the French Salons Besides, he would believe these things of M. de La Rochefoucauld more readily than of any one else. The Women of the French Salons La Rochefoucauld had the gout, and they consoled each other. The Women of the French Salons There is some reason to suppose that Esprit had begun to write maxims before La Rochefoucauld's return from exile, and certainly before Mme de Sablé's retreat to Port Royal in 1659. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France His delicate platonism and refined spirituality go far towards offsetting the cold cynicism of La Rochefoucauld. The Women of the French Salons |
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