48 Laws of Power
1. Never outshine the master
2. Never put too much trust in friends
3. Conceal your intentions
4. Always say less than necessary
5. So much depends on reputation
6. Court attention at all costs
7. Get others to do the work for you
8. Make other people come to you
9. Win through your actions, never through argument
10. Infection avoid the unhappy and unlucky
11. Learn to keep people dependent on you
12. Use selective honesty to disarm your victim
13. When asking for help, appeal to self-interest
14. Pose as a friend, work as a spy
15. Crush your enemy totally
16. Use absence to increase respect and honor
17. Keep others in suspended terror
18. Do not build fortresses to protect yourself
19. Know who you are dealing with
20. Do not commit to anyone
21. Play a sucker to catch a sucker
22. Use the surrender tactic
23. Concentrate your forces
24. Play the perfect courtier
25. Re-create yourself
26. Keep your hands clean
27. Play on people’s need to believe
28. Enter action with boldness
29. Plan all the way to the end
30. Make your accomplishments seem effortless
31. Control the options
32. Play to people’s fantasies
33. Discover each man’s thumbscrew
34. Be royal in your own fashion
35. Master the art of timing
36. Disdain things you cannot have
37. Create compelling spectacles
38. Think as you like but behave like others
39. Stir up waters to catch fish
40. Despise the free lunch
41. Avoid stepping into a great man’s shoes
42. Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter
43. Work on the hearts and minds of others
44. Disarm and infuriate with the mirror effect
45. Preach the need for change but never reform too much at once
46. Never appear too perfect
47. Do not go past the mark you aimed for
48. Assume formlessness
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