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There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness.

In the end, you will appreciate the politeness of those you are playing with more than their good and sweet intentions. Train your eye to follow the results of their moves, the outward circumstances, and do not be distracted by anything else.

Napoleon: Place your iron hand inside a velvet glove.

Most important: The quality of the attention is irrelevant.

Most people are upfront, can be read like an open book, take little care to control their words or image, and are hopelessly predictable. By simply holding back, keeping silent, occasionally uttering ambiguous phrases, deliberately appearing inconsistent, and acting odd in the subtlest of ways, you will emanate an aura of mystery.

The powerful responses to niggling, petty annoyances and irritations are contempt and disdain. Never show that something has affected you, or that you are offended—that only shows you have acknowledged a problem.

Potrzeba Wielkiego talentu i umiejętności, by ukryć swój talent i umiejętności.

If we really think very highly of a person, we should conceal it from him like a crime.

Lincoln: Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

Głupcy twierdzą, że uczą się na błędach. Ja wolę korzystać z doświadczenia innych. Bismarck.

Once you have attained a certain level of recognition, others generally figure that when you do something, it’s for an intelligent reason.

Swallow the impulse to offend, even if the other person seems weak. The satisfaction is meager compared to the danger that someday he or she will be in a position to hurt you.

Since honesty rarely strengthens friendship, you may never know how a friend truly feels.

The ability to express wonder and amazement, and seem like you mean it, is a rare and dying talent, but one still greatly valued.

Godność jest maską, którą należy przybrać w trudnych okolicznościach: tak jakby nic nie mogło cię dotknąć, A na odpowiedź miałbyś nieskończenie dużo czasu. To poza mająca niezwykłą siłę.

Dignity, in fact, is invariably the mask to assume under difficult circumstances: It is as if nothing can affect you, and you have all the time in the world to respond. This is an extremely powerful pose.

It takes patience and humility to dull your brilliant colors, to put on the mask of the inconspicuous. Do not despair at having to wear such a bland mask—it is often your unreadability that draws people to you and makes you appear a person of power.

It is only natural for people to cover up their actions with all kinds of justifications, always assuming that they have acted out of goodness. You must learn to inwardly laugh each time you hear this and never get caught up in gauging someone's intentions and actions through a set of moral judgments that are really an excuse for the accumulation of power.

Never take your position for granted and never let any favors you receive go to your head.

Those who finish a revolution are rarely those who start it.

Mistakes are always made when people get to the easy places.

When you see water flowing uphill, it means that someone is repaying a kindness.

One must govern in such a way that one’s people think they themselves want to do what one commands them to do.

The sultan [of Persia] had sentenced two men to death. One of them, knowing how much the sultan loved his stallion, offered to teach the horse to fly within a year in return for his life. The sultan, fancying himself as the rider of the only flying horse in the world, agreed. The other prisoner looked at his friend in disbelief “You know horses don’t fly. What made you come up with a crazv idea like that? You’re only postponing the inevitable.”“Not so, ” said the (first prisoner]. “I have actuallv given myself four chances for freedom. First, the sultan might die during the year. Second, I might die. Third, the horse might die. And fourth ... I might teach the horse to fly!”.

MAN: Kick him—he’ll forgive you. Flatter him—he may or may not see through you. But ignore him and he’ll hate you.

Słowa mają tę podstępną właściwość, że są podatne na interpretację w zależności od nastroju i niepewności drugiej osoby.

Ludzie są niezmiernie podatni na nastroje, emocje, a nawet sposoby myślenia tych, z którymi obcują.

Pierwsze czego powinno nauczyć się doświadczenie, to podtrzymywanie, lecz nie zaspokajanie nadziei. Kto zaspokoi pragnienie, szybko odwraca się od studni, już jej nie potrzebując. Gdy znika uzależnienie, znika również uprzejmości przyzwoitość, a potem i szacunek.

Większość z nas to ludzie strachliwy. Chcemy unikać napięć i konfliktów, chcemy być przez wszystkich lubiani. Bierzemy pod uwagę odważne działania, jednak rzadko kiedy je realizujemy. Przerażają nas konsekwencje tego, co inni mogą sobie o nas pomyśleć, wrogość, jaką wywołamy, jeśli odważymy się wysunąć przed szereg.

Tylko od ciebie zależy, jaką cenę na siebie ustalisz. Poproś o mniej i tyle dostaniesz. Poproś o więcej, A wyślesz sygnał, że jesteś wart Królewskiej zapłaty. Nawet ci, którzy odrzucają twoją ofertę, i będą cię szanowali za pewność siebie.