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48 Laws of Power
NytDate: Saturday, 2011-12-17, 1:36 PM | Message # 1
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I found this on the SWTOR (Star Wars the Old Republic) MMORPG, For thier How to be an Evil Sith Inquisitor!

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 costs
Get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit
Make other people come to you; use bait if necessary
Win through your actions, never through argument
Infection: avoid the unhappy and unlucky
Learn to keep people dependent on you
Use selective honesty and generosity to disarm your victim
When asking for help, appeal to people's self-interests, never to their mercy or gratitude
Pose as a friend, work as a spy
Crush your enemy totally
Use absence to increase respect and honor
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: play 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 cultlike 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 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 hearts 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 perfect
Do not go past the mark you aimed for; in victory, learn when to stop
Assume formlessness

I personally prefer these laws instead

You must prove your worthiness to hold power by your manner of acquiring it
Power without competence, wisdom and good will lead to tragedy
Do not use power to restrict the welfare, autonomy, freedom, and pleasure of others, but to enhance them
Regard power as a means, not an end
When retaining power itself becomes the goal, it is time to surrender it


"I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, han mathon ne chae a han noston ned 'wilith"

The world is changing, I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air.
 
LemurDate: Monday, 2011-12-19, 3:19 PM | Message # 2
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I am fairly sure the author was an Unfolding.



“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” — Albert Einstein
 
LemurDate: Monday, 2011-12-19, 3:20 PM | Message # 3
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I also like "keep your friends close and your enemies in a small box on your desk"

“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” — Albert Einstein
 
NytDate: Tuesday, 2011-12-20, 9:27 AM | Message # 4
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I was thinking they were, it sounded so familiar smile

"I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, han mathon ne chae a han noston ned 'wilith"

The world is changing, I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air.
 
KaneferDate: Thursday, 2011-12-22, 8:09 AM | Message # 5
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Which elevation was the one where we learn to shoot lightning out of our hands again? wink
 
LemurDate: Thursday, 2011-12-22, 8:53 AM | Message # 6
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5th.

“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” — Albert Einstein
 
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