Lucky men seldom mend their ways; they always feel in the right so long as luck favors their ill behavior.[Les gens heureux ne se corrigent guère; ils croient toujours avoir raison quand la fortune soutient leur mauvaise conduite.]
Source:The Maxims of La Rochefoucauld (ed. Random House, 1959), (tr. Kronenberger), Maxim 227, Page 75
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