The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because it was properly executed. - Honoré de Balzac (Père Goriot Quotes)

The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because it was properly executed.[Also known as:]Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.[Le secret des grandes fortunes sans cause apparente est un crime oublié, parce qu’il a été proprement fait.]

Source:(Avil Publishing Co., ed. 1901), Page 115
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