François de La Rochefoucauld, French soldier and author (died 1680)

François de La Rochefoucauld (writer)

French author of maxims and memoirs (1613–1680)

François de La Rochefoucauld, 2nd Duke of La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac was an accomplished French moralist of the era of French Classical literature and author of Maximes and Memoirs, the only two works of his dense literary œuvre published. His Maximes portrays the…