"Success always arouses our sympathy for the one who has achieved it: whether he is a great dignitary or a simple man, we admire him, we are excited because of him; an unpunished crime is glorified almost as a virtuous deed, and luck takes the place of almost all virtues. If a deed cannot be justified even by achieving success, it means that it is a matter of vile, miserable and disgusting villainy.
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Jean de La BruyereAll Translations
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Success always arouses our sympathy for the one who has achieved it: whether he is a great dignitary or a simple man, we admire him, we are excited because of him; an unpunished crime is glorified almost as a virtuous deed, and luck takes the place of almost all virtues. If a deed cannot be justified even by achieving success, it means that it is a matter of vile, miserable and disgusting villainy.
""Succesul ne trezește întotdeauna simpatia față de cel care la dobândit: fie acesta mare demnitar sau om simplu noi îl admirăm, ne entuziasmăm din pricina lui; o fărădelege nepedepsită e glorificată aproape ca o faptă virtuoasă, iar norocul ține locul aproape tuturor virtuților. Dacă o faptă nu se poate justifica măcar prin obținerea succesului, înseamnă că e vorba de o ticăloșie josnică, mizerabilă și dezgustătoare."