This and other signs made Fouquet suspect that he was falling out of favor, and so he decided to ingratiate himself with the king by staging the most spectacular party the world had ever seen.

from Robert Greene – Law 1: Never Outshine the Master - Transgression Of The Law on Rap Genius

Although there isn’t a great deal of proof that Fouquet suspected he had fallen out of favor, it is believed that Fouquet did throw the party with intentions of proving to Louis XIV his usefulness by bringing together so many powerful nobles, artists, and thinkers of the time, after being snubbed for the Chief Minister position.

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