And similar, from Apocalypse Now, about charging someone with murder in Vietnam was like handing out speeding tickets at the Indianapolis 500.

 
The person of excellence understands what is moral. 
The petty person understands what is profitable.
                   "Analects" IV.16, Confucius
 
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From: - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carrol Cox
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:57 AM
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Subject: Re: ALA panels, etc.

Alphaville wrote:
> 
> <"In a regime of grand larceny, petty
> larceny ranks as conformity.">?
> 
> Given its from memory, more likely a paraphrase. Or Pound citing some
> cheeky Han Dynasty PD. CP
> 

There are some lines that express the same sentiment in one of the Pisan
Cantos. I think they contain the phrase, "of grand larceny." I can't
locate them quickly, however.

Carrol