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Maxims and moral reflections by the Duke de la Rochefoucault.

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Title
Maxims and moral reflections by the Duke de la Rochefoucault.
Author
La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de, 1613-1680.
Publication
Philadelphia: :: Printed and sold by Robert Bell, next door to St. Paul's Church, in Third-Street.,
M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]
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"Maxims and moral reflections by the Duke de la Rochefoucault." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N12553.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2025.

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INDEX.

A.
  • ABility, Maxim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 30.
  • Absent Man, 64.
  • Absence, 334.
  • Accent, 7.
  • Accidents, 8, 9.
  • Actions, 10 to 17.
  • Address, 196.
  • Advice, 18, 19, 20, 21.
  • Affectation, 22, 23, 150.
  • Affliction, 24, 25, 26, 27.
  • Age, 28, 29, 149, 152.
  • Agreeableness, 30, 31.
  • Ambition, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37.
  • Appearance, 40.
  • Application, 38, 39.
  • Approbation, 116.
  • Attention, 64.
  • Avarice, 41, 42, 43, 44.
B.
  • Beauty, 495, 496.
  • Benefits, 45, 46, 47.
  • Blame, 363.
  • Business, 48.

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    C.
    • Caprice, 165, 224.
    • Civility, 49, 123.
    • Clemency, 50, 51.
    • Conduct, 52, 53.
    • Confidence, 54, 55, 141, 354.
    • Constancy, 56, 57 58 59, 60, 61.
    • Contempt, 62, 63.
    • Conversation, 54, 64.
    • Copies, 65.
    • Coquetry, 66 to 72, 119, 489.
    • Courage, 433.
    • Cowards, 140.
    • Crimes, 73, 74, 75, 76.
    • Criminals, 58.
    • Cunning, 77 to 84.
    • Curiosi••y, 85.
    D.
    • Death, 58, 86, 87 88, 194.
    • Deceit, 77, 89 to 96, 104.
    • Decency, 97.
    • Defects, 128, 139.
    • Dejection, 61.
    • Delicacy, 411.
    • Desire, 98, 99, 100, 382.

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    • Diffidence, 478.
    • Disguise, 101, 102, 103.
    • Dishonesty, 132.
    • Distrust, 104, 105, 106.
    • Dullness, 92.
    E.
    • Ease, 107.
    • Education, 108.
    • Eloquence, 109 110.
    • Employment, 111, 112.
    • Enemies, 427.
    • Envy, 113 to 121, 376.
    • Example, 122.
    • Experience, 29.
    F.
    • Falsehood, 103.
    • Familiarity, 123.
    • Fancy, 225.
    • Favourites, 124.
    • Faults, 125 to 139.
    • Fear, 140.
    • Fidelity, 141, 142.
    • Flattery, 143, 144, 145, 146.
    • Folly, 147 to 154, 198.
    • Fortune, 155 to 165, 220, 229.

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    • Frauds, 96.
    • Friendship, 166 to 187.
    G.
    • Gallantry, 188, 189, 190.
    • Generosity, 35.
    • Glory, 191, 192, 193, 194.
    • Goodness, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199.
    • Good-nature, 198, 259.
    • Good-sense, 200.
    • Govern, 201.
    • Grace, 204.
    • Gratitude, 206, 207 208, 209, 210.
    • Gravity, 203.
    • Great-men, 131, 191, 202.
    • Greediness, 205.
    H.
    • Happiness, 211, 212, 213.
    • Hatred, 46, 118, 124, 214.
    • Head, 215, 216, 217, 218.
    • Heart, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219.
    • Heroes, 220, 221.
    • Honour, 222.
    • Hope, 223.
    • Humour, 224 to 230.
    • Humours, 228.

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    • Hypocrisy, 231.
    I.
    • Idleness, 232, 233, 234.
    • Jealousy, 115, 235 to 241, 438.
    • Ills, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246.
    • Imitation, 113, 122.
    • Imposture, 203, 403.
    • Inconstancy, 59, 247.
    • Ingratitude, 248, 249, 250, 251.
    • Infidelity, 252, 253.
    • Innocence, 254.
    • Interest, 121, 2••5 to 261, 421.
    • Intrepidity, 262.
    • Invention, 464.
    • Joy, 392.
    • Judgement, 263, 464.
    • Justice, 264.
    K.
    • Knowledge, 265.
    • L.
    • Labour, 469.
    • Liberality, 266.
    • Libertinism, 123, 299, 399, 400, 444, 479.

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    • Love, 27, 37, 59, 60, 71, 72, 94, 95, 177 to 182, 186, 267 to 292.
    M.
    • Madmen, 229, 303.
    • Magnanimity, 293, 294.
    • Man, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 408.
    • Marriage, 300.
    • Memory, 263, 301.
    • Merit, 302 to 313.
    • Mind, see Understanding, and Wisdom.
    • Misers, 41.
    • Misfortunes, 33, 57, 61, 96, 175.
    • Moderation, 36, 314, 315, 317.
    N.
    • Negotiation, 318.
    O.
    • Obligations, 47.
    • Obstinacy, 319.
    • Old-age, 320, 321, 322 501.
    • Opportunity, 323, 324, 325.
    • Orator, 109.
    • Organs, 456.
    P.
    • Passions, 326 to 337.

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    • Penetration, 338, 339.
    • Perseverance, 340.
    • Philosophy, 242.
    • Philosophers, 341, 397.
    • Piety, 342.
    • Pity, 343.
    • Pleasing, 344.
    • Politeness, 458.
    • Princes, 51.
    • Probity, 356.
    • Pride, 117, 193, 345 to 356.
    • Promises, 357.
    • Properties, 358.
    • Property, 447.
    • Praise, 361, 363 to 371.
    • Prudence, 359, 360, 394.
    Q.
    • Qualities, 372 to 377.
    • Quarrels, 378.
    R.
    • Raillery, 379.
    • Reason, 380, 381, 382.
    • Reconciliation, 383.
    • Relapse, 410.

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    • Repentance, 384.
    • Reputation, 192, 385, 386.
    • Riches, 341, 387.
    • Ridicule, 388.
    S.
    • Satisfaction, 107.
    • Secrets, 354, 389.
    • Self-love, 108, 142, 173, 390 to 423.
    • Sensations, 402.
    • Shame, 233, 361, 428.
    • Silence, 418, 478.
    • Simplicity, 403.
    • Sincerity, 106, 328, 404, 405.
    • Singularities, 139.
    • Slander, 406.
    • Sobriety, 407.
    • Society, 408.
    • Soul, 409, 410, 411.
    • Spirits, 480.
    • Subtilty, 412.
    T.
    • Talkativeness, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418.
    • Taste, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423.
    • Temper, 227, 230.

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    • Timidity, 233, 504.
    • Titles, 424.
    • Treachery, 81, 425.
    • Truth, 426.
    U.
    • Valour, 228, 428, 429, 430 to 434.
    • Vanity, 145, 413, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 452.
    • Vice, 440 441, 442, 449, 451.
    • Violence, 443, 444.
    • Virtue, 233, 395, 445 to 453.
    • Vivacity, 465.
    • Vogue, 454.
    • Understanding, 455 to 471.
    • Untruth, 472.
    W.
    • Weakness, 2, 246, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478.
    • Weariness, 479, 480, 481, 482.
    • Will, 483.
    • Wisdom, 56, 484, 485, 486, 487.
    • Wish, 99.
    • Wit, 54, 154, 414, 455, 462, 466, 467.

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    • Woman, 76 to 72, 188, 189, 190, 252, 342, 488 to 500.
    • World, 93.
    Y.
    • Youth, 108, 495, 501, 592, 503, 504.
    FINIS.
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