It goes without saying that o...
It goes without saying that only inner greatness possess a true value ("une valeur v?ritable,", Fr.) . Any attempt to rise up (or at rising up, - "s'?lever", Fr.) outwardly above others, or to want (or wish) to impose one's superiority, denote a lack of moral greatness, since we do not try to replace ("suppl?er", Fr.) in that way (.... in French "par l?", Fr.) to what, if we did really possess it, would have no need whatsoever to flaunt itself.