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Line 1: {{creator\|wppage=François de La Rochefoucauld (writer)}} ~~{{creator}}~~ [[File:Francois_de_la_Rochefoucauld_6616.jpg\|frame\|Looks like a French dude.]] '''François VI, Duc de laLa Rochefoucauld, Prince de ~~Marsillac~~Marcillac''' (1613-1680) was a noted French author of maxims. You know, those trite, pithy, sentence-long nuggets of advice like your mom used to dispense. But ol' Frankie was better at it than [[Your Mom]], or else we'd be writing about her instead. He's been recognized as a master of the form for more than three centuries, so he must have hit at least a few nails on the head. He has become a byword for eloquent insight; one who sees through to the true nature of something is a "real Rochefoucauld". He participated fully in the court intrigue that was the hallmark of 17th-century French nobility. While Louis XIII ("the Just") and his son Louis XIV ("the Sun King") reigned with regal detachment, Richelieu and his ilk made sport of trying to stay on His Majesty's good side. Rochefoucauld was right there in the middle of the scrum, getting his hands as dirty as anyone's while writing about human nature on the side. His hundreds of pages may be aptly summarized as, [[Hobbes Was Right\|"Everyone looks after their own self-interest"]].