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> [“There is a kind of greatness which does not depend upon fortune;It is a certain manner that 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/la-rochefoucauld/there-is-a-kind-of-greatness-which-does-not-depend-upon-fortune-it-is/)

[La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/la-rochefoucauld/)

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## More by La Rochefoucauld

> [“It is much easier to extinguish a first desire than to satisfy all of those that follow it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/la-rochefoucauld/it-is-much-easier-to-extinguish-a-first-desire-than-to-satisfy-all-of/)

[La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/la-rochefoucauld/)

> [“All passions make us commit faults, but love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/la-rochefoucauld/all-passions-make-us-commit-faults-but-love-makes-us-commit-the-most/)

[La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/la-rochefoucauld/)

> [True love is like seeing ghosts; we all talk about it, but few of us have ever seen one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/la-rochefoucauld/true-love-is-like-seeing-ghosts-we-all-talk-about-it-but-few-of-us/)

[La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/la-rochefoucauld/)

> [“It is a kind of happiness to know just how unhappy we could be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/la-rochefoucauld/it-is-a-kind-of-happiness-to-know-just-how-unhappy-we-could-be/)

[La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/la-rochefoucauld/)

> [“It is with true love as with ghosts and apparitions: Every one talks of it, and scarcely any one has seen it”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/la-rochefoucauld/it-is-with-true-love-as-with-ghosts-and-apparitions-every-one-talks/)

[La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/la-rochefoucauld/)

> [“When not prompted by vanity, we say little.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/la-rochefoucauld/when-not-prompted-by-vanity-we-say-little/)

[La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/la-rochefoucauld/)

> [“He who lives without folly is not as wise as he may think.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/la-rochefoucauld/he-who-lives-without-folly-is-not-as-wise-as-he-may-think/)

[La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/la-rochefoucauld/)

> [“The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/la-rochefoucauld/the-confidence-which-we-have-in-ourselves-gives-birth-to-much-of-that/)

[La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/la-rochefoucauld/)

> [“There is a kind of greatness which does not depend upon fortune;It is a certain manner that distinguishes us, and which seems to destine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/la-rochefoucauld/there-is-a-kind-of-greatness-which-does-not-depend-upon-fortune-it-is/)

[La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/la-rochefoucauld/)

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