| Self-Love … is an Abyss, too deep ever to be sounded, and too dark ever to be seen through; there it sits undiscovered, even from the nicest, and most penetrating Eye, and runs a thousand wild Mazes undiscerned. |
| —No. II. |
| François, duc de La Rochefoucauld |
The Moral Maxims and Reflections of the Duke de la Rochefoucauld
François, duc de La Rochefoucauld
This early English translation of the pillar of French thought explores the enigma of amour-propre, or self-love.
Contents
Introduction by George H. Holland
The Translator’s Preface The Preface to the Reader
LONDON: METHUEN & Co., 1912
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2011
| Part I. | Nos. I–CCCCXII | |
| Part II. | Nos. CCCCXIII–DLXV | |
| Part III. | Nos. DLXVI–DCXLVI | |
| Part IV. | Nos. DCXLVII–DCCXXXVII | |
| Part V. | Nos. DCCXXXVIII–DCCLXXII |