• I am a French epigrammatist, moralist and man of letters.
  • I went to Paris to take part in the battles of the Fronde, but as I would recount later, my role in the struggles was largely unsuccessful.
  • I received a gunshot wound to the head in 1652, which impaired my sight and led me to withdraw from public life for three years.
  • At the death of my father, I succeeded to the title of duke in 1653.
  • My chief literary work, the Maximes, is considered a masterpiece of French literature.

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