“Never assume that the person you are dealing with is weaker or less important than you are. Some people are slow to take offense, which may make you misjudge the thickness of their skin, and fail to worry about insulting them. But should you offend their honor and their pride, they will overwhelm you with a violence that seems sudden and extreme given their slowness to anger. If you want to turn people down, it is best to do so politely and respectfully, even if you feel their request is impudent or their offer ridiculous.”
― The 48 Laws of Power
― The 48 Laws of Power
“This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself.”
― The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child
― The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child
“Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as well as to possess.”
― Rights of Man
― Rights of Man
“I have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies to another this right, makes a slave of himself to his present opinion, because he precludes himself the right of changing it.”
― The Age of Reason
― The Age of Reason
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