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François Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)  French classical author. His Maximes (1665, fifth enlarged edition 1678) are terse, highly polished observations on human nature, which undermine the concept of disinterested virtue and the power of the will depicted by Corneille in his plays. La Rochefoucauld substitutes a pessimistic picture of man in which subconscious self-love lies behind every action. His views reflect the changing moral climate of the later 17th century, also seen in the work of Mme de La Fayette.

fey ti kake chekawün ta jowfalkelay ta inchiñ ta iñ chekawün ta xürnon mew

feyti pu füxake wenxu müten ta nieafuy ta füxake welulkan zugu

feyti zoy matu koylaluwün feyti zoy kakelu ta koylalal xokiwün

gelay ta fmeluwün ta kishu poyewün mew ñi wenuntuael ta pyen zugu mew; zoy ayikeyin ta yin kümefelen chi che ñi antü inchin ta yin amulael

kiñeke mew küme nentukeyin ta chem rume inagechi ta yin weza nentuael ta chem rume ka tayin chumgenuam rume

kom nieyin ta newen ta kejuntukuam ta kake weshake zugu mew

notukangen ti kawintu zugulün ta kimgen

rume matu wiñoltuael ta chem rume rüf mañumtukanongey ta che

ta iñ welulkan ta newe üzewfalpenoyün ta iñ küme zugu reke

yeweafuyin ta yin nentuken mew ta kümeke zugu, kimüñmageliyin chumgelu ta yin nentukefiel

zoy küzawgelay ta ñi famentugeael ta wüne xipachi kümezuamün ñi kakelu ñi küme xipayaqel

zoy matu goymakeyin ta yin werilkan zugu zoy iniy rume ñi kimnienon mew

zoy yewengey ka manelnoyüm ta yiñ pu wenüy yaf may ta iñ koylatulen mewgen