François de La Rochefoucauld

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:French_literature
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:French_literature
Moral philosophy
gptkbp:birth_date 1613
gptkbp:born 1613
September 15, 1613
gptkbp:children gptkb:François_de_La_Rochefoucauld,_Marquis_de_La_Rochefoucauld
gptkbp:contribution Aphoristic writing
gptkbp:death_date 1680
gptkbp:died 1680
March 17, 1680
gptkbp:famous_quote We are more concerned about our reputation with others than our conscience.
We are more concerned about our reputation than our conscience.
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them.
Hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue.
The only thing that can be said about the truth is that it is often painful.
We are all more concerned about our reputation than our conscience.
gptkbp:historical_legacy Classical French literature
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label François de La Rochefoucauld
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Voltaire
gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:Jean_de_La_Bruyère
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Montaigne
gptkb:Rabelais
gptkb:Descartes
gptkbp:inspired Modern aphorism
gptkbp:known_for Maxims
maxims
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:French
gptkbp:notable_work Maxims
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:Writer
Moralist
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie_de_La_Rochefoucauld
gptkbp:wrote Reflections; or, Sentences and Moral Maxims
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gptkb:François_Mauriac
gptkb:La_Rochefoucauld
gptkb:Huguenots
gptkb:Château_de_Marly
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gptkb:Parlement_de_Bretagne
gptkb:Trial_of_Louis_XVI
gptkb:War_of_the_Reunions
gptkb:Louis_XIV_of_France
gptkb:Alençon
gptkb:King_Louis_XIV_of_France
gptkb:Saint-Germain-en-Laye
gptkb:Louis,_Dauphin_of_France
gptkb:House_of_La_Rochefoucauld
gptkb:Charente-Maritime_department
gptkb:Picpus_Cemetery
gptkb:Marie-Anne_de_La_Rochefoucauld
gptkb:Hyacinthe_Rigaud
gptkb:The_Heralds_of_France
gptkb:Treaty_of_Aix-la-Chapelle_(1668)
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