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“Power is a game, and in games you do not judge your opponents by their intentions but by the effects of their actions.”
― The 48 Laws of Power
― The 48 Laws of Power
“Man proposes and dispose. He and he alone can determine whether he is completely master of himself, that is, whether he maintains the body of his desires, daily more formidable, in a state of anarchy.”
― Manifestoes of Surrealism
― Manifestoes of Surrealism
“There are no principles; there are only events. There is no good and bad, there are only circumstances. The superior man espouses events and circumstances in order to guide them. If there were principles and fixed laws, nations would not change them as we change our shirts and a man can not be expected to be wiser than an entire nation.”
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“If there are any persons who contest a received opinion,
or who will do so if law or opinion will let them, let us thank
them for it, open our minds to listen to them, and rejoice
that there is some one to do for us what we otherwise ought,
if we have any regard for either the certainty or the vitality of
our convictions, to do with much greater labor for ourselves.”
― On Liberty
or who will do so if law or opinion will let them, let us thank
them for it, open our minds to listen to them, and rejoice
that there is some one to do for us what we otherwise ought,
if we have any regard for either the certainty or the vitality of
our convictions, to do with much greater labor for ourselves.”
― On Liberty
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