Reflections

ReflectionsorSentences and Moral MaximsBy Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marsillac.NEW Complete EditionA Complete World ClassicTranslated from the Editions of 1678 and 1827 with introduction, notes, and some account of the author and his times by J. W. Willis Bund, M.A. LL.B and J. Hain Friswell "As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From Nature—I believe them true. They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault is in mankind."—Swift."Les Maximes de la Rochefoucauld sont des proverbs des gens d'esprit."—Montesquieu."Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations."—Sir J. Mackintosh."Translators should not work alone; for good Et Propria Verba do not always occur to one mind."—Luther's Table Talk, iii.