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… I’ve decided to make my friends rich and they’ve become living treasuries for me and they’re better at guarding their gold than any watchmen could ever be.” - like Putin

Suppose a friend of yours courted your wife and ended by making her love him more than you. Would his wonderful manners make you happy” just a great line.

High cunning is one thing , low cunning another.

You can gain huge benefits by creating debts of gratitude” - this is graeber and his reference to gargantuan and pantagruel ! This was such a novel idea for me and then reiterated in a podcast I listened to today about American debt held by the Chinese, when it reaches this level it’s the debt holders problem, not the borrowers … this seems a universal truth not often realized, probably due to shame

Effect a revolution in speed of movement. - this is literally what I am focused on with my company, it is my single guiding light

I discovered that the best way to succeed in this aim was to use wit… and I was eager to join the laughter” - this was so great for me he tells a story of a grumbly old man who doesn’t like to laugh but he sees the strategic importance of humor which tactically I hold dear.

You need to make logistics your initial concern. If supplies don’t reach your army I. Good time, your authority will crumble” I feel this one