num_pages: 82
description: The philosophy of La Rochefoucauld, which influenced French intellectuals as diverse as Voltaire and the Jansenists, is captured here in more than 600 penetrating and pithy aphorisms.
language: English
title: Maxims
titlecomplete: Maxims
genres: Literature, Psychology, Classics, History, Philosophy, Essays, 17th Century, France, French Literature, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 3897
publisher: Branden Books