Placeholder for the 48 laws of power:
- Never outshine the Master.
- Never put too much trust in friends, learn how to use enemies.
- Conceal your intentions.
- Always say less than necessary.
- So much depends on Reputation, Guard it with your life.
- Court attention at all cost.
- Get others do the work for you, but always take the credits.
- Make other people come to you, use BAIT if necessary.
- Win through your actions, never through arguments.
- Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky.
- Learn to keep people dependent on you.
- Use selective honesty and generosity to disarm your victims.
- When asking for help, appeal to people’s self-interest, never to their mercy or gratitude.
- Pose as a friend. Work as a SPY.
- Crush your enemies totally.
- Use absence to increase respect and Honour.
- Keep Others in suspended terror: cultivate an Air of unpredictability.
- Do not build fortresses to protect yourself- Isolation is Dangerous.
- Know who you’re dealing with – Do not offend the wrong person.
- Do not Commit to anyone.
- Play a Sucker to catch a Sucker -Seem Dumber than your mark.
- use the surrender tactic: transform weakness into power.
- Concentrate your Forces.
- Play the perfect Courtier.
- Re-create yourself.
- Keep Your Hands clean.
- Play on People’s Need to Believe to create a cult-like following.
- Enter Action with boldness
- Plan all the way to the end.
- Make your Accomplishments seem effortless.
- Control the options: Get others to play with the cards you deal.
- Play to people’s Fantasies.
- Discover Each Man’s thumbscrew.
- Be royal in your own fashion: Act like a king to be treated like one.
- Master the art of timing.
- Disdain things you cannot have: Ignoring them is the best revenge.
- Create Compelling Spectacles.
- Think as you like but behave like others.
- Stir up waters to catch fish.
- Despise the free lunch.
- Avoid stepping into a Great Man’s Shoes.
- Strike the Shepherd and the Sheep will Scatter.
- Work on the Heart and Minds of others.
- Disarm and infuriate with the mirror effect.
- Preach the need for Change, but never Reform too much at once.
- Never appear too perfect.
- Do not go Past the Mark you Aimed for, in Victory learn “When to Stop”.
- Assume Formlessness.
C. A. Stubborn Pen 