“The human tongue is a beast that few can master.”
― The 48 Laws of Power
― The 48 Laws of Power
“You choose to let things bother you. You can just as easily choose not to notice the irritating offender, to consider the matter trivial and unworthy of your interest. That is the powerful move. What you do not react to cannot drag you down in a futile engagement. Your pride is not involved. The best lesson you can teach an irritating gnat is to consign it to oblivion by ignoring it.”
― The 48 Laws of Power
― The 48 Laws of Power
“Never be distracted by people’s glamorous portraits of themselves and their lives; search and dig for what really imprisons them.”
― The 48 Laws of Power
― The 48 Laws of Power
“JUDGMENT Be wary of friends—they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical. But hire a former enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend, because he has more to prove. In fact, you have more to fear from friends than from enemies. If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.”
― The 48 Laws of Power
― The 48 Laws of Power
“Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay.”
― The 48 Laws of Power
― The 48 Laws of Power
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