There are crimes that become innocent and even glorious by their brilliancy, number, or excess; and therefore, it happens that public robbery is called "financial skill," and the unjust capture of provinces is called "a conquest." - Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld: "There are crimes that become innocent and even glorious by their brilliancy, number, or excess; and therefore, it happens that public robbery is called "financial skill," and the unjust capture of provinces is called "a conquest.""

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Become	Brilliancy	Called	Capture
Conquest	Crimes	Even	Excess
Financial	Glorious	Happens	Innocent
Number	Provinces	Public	Robbery
Skill	Therefore	Unjust

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