Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:French_literature
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:French_literature
gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:born September 15, 1613
gptkbp:children gptkb:Louis_de_La_Rochefoucauld
gptkbp:died March 17, 1680
gptkbp:era Classical period
gptkbp:famous_quote We are more concerned about our reputation with others than our conscience.
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
The more we love our friends, the less we love ourselves.
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.
We are all more or less the same.
True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
The only thing that can be said about the truth is that it is often painful.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Francois de La Rochefoucauld
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Voltaire
gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:Jean-Jacques_Rousseau
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Montaigne
gptkb:Descartes
gptkbp:known_for Maxims
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkbp:movement Moralism
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:French
gptkbp:notable_work Reflections or Sentences and Moral Maxims
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:philosopher
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie_de_La_Rochefoucauld
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Louis_de_Bourbon,_Count_of_Saint-Pol
gptkb:Duchess_of_Montpensier
gptkb:Henri_de_Bourbon-Soissons
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6