Been reading the Maxims of Rochefoucauld
His main point recurs again and again
That all our motivations are below
Our self-love - that’s the driving force of man
We work towards our happiness less than
We work to make others think we’re happy
We criticise ourselves publicly when
We want to gain in popularity
And those who are bored by us, always we
Are so bored by them, to save our ego
From accepting a lower place than them
He was a leader of society
In seventeenth century France, a beau
Of the ancien régime, proudest of men
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