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La Rochefoucauld 399: There is a kind of greatness which does not depend upon fortune: it is a cert...
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There is a kind of greatness which does not depend upon fortune: it is a certain manner what distinguishes us, and which seems to destine us for great things; it is the value we insensibly set upon ourselves; it is by this quality that we gain the deference of other men, and it is this which commonly raises us more above them, than birth, rank, or even merit itself.
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_399
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