“It is said that at the heart of every great fortune there is a great crime“. That quote is from a fiction author - you’re essentially quoting Spiderman “with great power comes great responsibility”.

▲

cryptonym 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Are you seriously putting Balzac and Spiderman on the same level to try to ridicule thoughts?

Ad hominem.

	▲	boringg 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They are both quotes that people say things like "they say" to imply someone of import said it to give it credence and truth to it but were in fact from fictional sources. Exact same pattern - take it as an ad hominem all you want.