#48-laws-of-power #law-1-never-outshine-the-master #transgression-of-the-law
Colbert (new finance minister) made sure that any money liberated from the treasury went straight into Louis’s hands.
With it, Louis built a palace even more magnificent than Fouquet’s—the glorious palace of Versailles.
There, Louis hosted parties even more extravagant than the one that cost Fouquet his freedom.
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Open it times; he could not countenance being outdone in lavishness by anyone, and certainly not his finance minister. To succeed Fouquet, Louis chose Jean-Baptiste Colbert, a man famous for his parsimony and for giving the dullest parties in Paris. <span>Colbert made sure that any money liberated from the treasury went straight into Louis’s hands. With the money, Louis built a palace even more magnificent than Fouquet’s—the glorious palace of Versailles. He used the same architects, decorators, and garden designer. And at Versailles, Louis hosted parties even more extravagant than the one that cost Fouquet his freedom.
Let us examine the situation. The evening of the party, as Fouquet presented spectacle on spectacle to Louis, each more magnificent than the one before, he imagined the affai
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