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Definition of La Rochefoucauld
1. Noun. French writer of moralistic maxims (1613-1680).
Lexicographical Neighbors of La Rochefoucauld
Literary usage of La Rochefoucauld
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nineteenth Century (1881)
"Indeed, for the most part, when people quote La Rochefoucauld, it is not because
they have taken the trouble to read his little book as he issued it, ..."
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"To the literary critic no less than to the man of the world La Rochefoucauld
ranks among the scanty number of pocket-books to be read and rc-rcad with ever ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"La Rochefoucauld tracks out self-love in its most elusive forms and under its
cunningest disguises. He lays it bare with the most piercing insight and ..."
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