Author
François de La Rochefoucauld is documented in Fuller’s journals and manuscripts (1839). One work is named, most often in Extracts Only, and the most intensive engagement recorded is “analyzed”.
Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
“On pourrait dire de l’habitude de / vivre avec des gens d’esprit et de / merite, ce que M. Rochefoucault disait / de la cour, ils ne rendent point / heureuse, et ils empêchent de se trouver / bien ailleurs”
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
“The maxims of Goethe have one great advantage at least over those of La Rochefoucault and his imitators: they are not framed on any given system of moral or metaphysical philosophy. F. S. R.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Journal April 1839." Houghton Library, Harvard University; bMS Am 1086 (Box A); Box 5 (99).
The attribution 'F.
Undated
Pieces with no legible date. They are part of the record but cannot be placed on the lifeline.
“On pourrait dire de l’habitude de / vivre avec des gens d’esprit et de / merite, ce que M.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Extracts Only." Houghton Library, Harvard University; bMS Am 1086 (88); Box 6 (88).
Inferred Lespinasse’s letter (transcribed by Fuller) paraphrases something ‘M. Rochefoucault disait de la cour’; the maxim about the court not making one happy is consistent with La Rochefoucauld’s Maximes. Lespinasse (in a letter transcribed by Fuller) cites ‘ce que M. La Rochefoucauld’s Maximes (1665 and later editions) contain related reflections on the court.
Lespinasse’s letter (transcribed by Fuller) paraphrases something ‘M. Lespinasse (in a letter transcribed by Fuller) cites ‘ce que M. Fuller’s transcription thus contains an embedded reference to La Rochefoucauld.