Il y a du mérite sans élévation mais il n'y a point d'élévation sans quelque mérite.
There is merit without elevation, but there is no elevation without some merit. François de La Rochefoucauld Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678) maxim 400. Also translated as: "There may be talent without position, but there is no position without some kind of talent".
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