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He had a circle of devoted friends and was recognized as a top-ranking moralist and man of letters. His son, the Prince de
Marcillac, to whom he gave his titles and honors in 1671, enjoyed a considerable position at court. But above all La Rochefoucauld was recognized by his contemporaries, including
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Rochefoucauld was given the education of a nobleman of his era, which concentrated on military exercises, hunting, court etiquette, elegance of expression and comportment, and a knowledge of the world. He was married at the age of fourteen to Andrée de Vivonne. Belonging to one of
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Rochefoucauld's ethical views have given rise to attacks upon his works by pious moralists of later eras. Like his contemporaries, he saw politics as a chessboard for powerful players, rather than as a struggle of ideologies or a means for achieving broad social goals. He appears to have been
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surreptitiously published what purported to be his memoirs, which brought him both trouble and fame. Many of his old friends were offended. These memoirs were not a faithful copy of what he had written, and while he hastened to deny their authenticity, this was not generally believed.
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whence, despite the author's protest, it continued to be reprinted for some thirty years. It has now been proved to have been pieced together from the work of half a dozen men, with scarcely a third of it being La
Rochefoucauld's. Some years after La Rochefoucauld's death, a new
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Sentences and Moral Maxims by François Duc De La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marsillac. Translated from the Editions of 1678 and 1827 with Introduction, and Some Account of the Author and His Times by J.W. Willis Bund, M.A., LL.B. and J. Hain Friswell. New
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appeared, still largely adulterated but with some errors corrected. This work went unchallenged for more than a century. Only in 1817 did anything like a genuine, if still imperfect, edition appear.
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was about to assume absolute power, and the aristocratic anarchy of the Fronde was over. He wrote his memoirs during this time, as did many of his prominent contemporaries.
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La Rochefoucauld's literary debut was his self-portrait:
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of the era of French Classical literature and author of
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Mémoires, Elzevier, 1662
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