LAW 1
NEVER OUTSHINE THE MASTER
Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. Do not go too far in displaying your talents. Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power.
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NEVER OUTSHINE THE MASTER
Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. Do not go too far in displaying your talents. Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power.
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LAW 2 (PART 1)
NEVER PUT TOO MUCH TRUST IN FRIENDS
Be wary of friends—they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical.
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NEVER PUT TOO MUCH TRUST IN FRIENDS
Be wary of friends—they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical.
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LAW 2(PART 2)
LEARN HOW TO USE ENEMIES
...But hire a former enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend, because he has more to prove. In fact, you have more to fear from friends than from enemies. If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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LEARN HOW TO USE ENEMIES
...But hire a former enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend, because he has more to prove. In fact, you have more to fear from friends than from enemies. If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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LAW 3
CONCEAL YOUR INTENTIONS
Never reveal the purpose behind your actions. If they have no clue what you are up to, they can't prepare a defense. Guide them down the wrong path, envelop them in smoke, by the time they realize your intentions, it'll be too late.
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CONCEAL YOUR INTENTIONS
Never reveal the purpose behind your actions. If they have no clue what you are up to, they can't prepare a defense. Guide them down the wrong path, envelop them in smoke, by the time they realize your intentions, it'll be too late.
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LAW 4
ALWAYS SAY LESS THAN NECESSARY
The more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish.
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ALWAYS SAY LESS THAN NECESSARY
The more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish.
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LAW 5
SO MUCH DEPENDS ON REPUTATION—GUARD IT
Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once it slips, you are vulnerable. Destroy your enemies by opening holes in their own reputations. Then stand aside and let public opinion hang them.
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SO MUCH DEPENDS ON REPUTATION—GUARD IT
Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once it slips, you are vulnerable. Destroy your enemies by opening holes in their own reputations. Then stand aside and let public opinion hang them.
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LAW 6
GET ATTENTION AT ALL COST
Everything is judged by its appearance; what is unseen counts for nothing. Never let yourself get buried in oblivion. Stand out. Make yourself a magnet of attention; appear larger, more colourful, more mysterious than the masses.
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GET ATTENTION AT ALL COST
Everything is judged by its appearance; what is unseen counts for nothing. Never let yourself get buried in oblivion. Stand out. Make yourself a magnet of attention; appear larger, more colourful, more mysterious than the masses.
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LAW 7
GET OTHERS TO DO THE WORK FOR YOU, BUT ALWAYS TAKE THE CREDIT
Use the wisdom, knowledge, and legwork of other people to further your own cause. In the end your helpers will be forgotten and you'll be remembered. Never do yourself what others can do for you
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GET OTHERS TO DO THE WORK FOR YOU, BUT ALWAYS TAKE THE CREDIT
Use the wisdom, knowledge, and legwork of other people to further your own cause. In the end your helpers will be forgotten and you'll be remembered. Never do yourself what others can do for you
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LAW 8
MAKE OTHER PEOPLE COME TO YOU—USE BAIT IF NECESSARY
When you force the other person to act, you are the one in control. It is always better to make your opponent come to you, abandoning his own plans in the process. Lure him with fabulous gains—then attack.
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MAKE OTHER PEOPLE COME TO YOU—USE BAIT IF NECESSARY
When you force the other person to act, you are the one in control. It is always better to make your opponent come to you, abandoning his own plans in the process. Lure him with fabulous gains—then attack.
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LAW 9
WIN THROUGH YOUR ACTIONS, NEVER THROUGH ARGUMENT
It is much more powerful to get others to agree with you through your actions, without saying a word. Demonstrate, do not explicate.
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WIN THROUGH YOUR ACTIONS, NEVER THROUGH ARGUMENT
It is much more powerful to get others to agree with you through your actions, without saying a word. Demonstrate, do not explicate.
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LAW 10
INFECTION: AVOID THE UNHAPPY AND UNLUCKY
You may feel you are helping the drowning man but you are only precipitating your own disaster. The unfortunate sometimes draw misfortune on themselves. Associate with the happy and fortunate instead
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INFECTION: AVOID THE UNHAPPY AND UNLUCKY
You may feel you are helping the drowning man but you are only precipitating your own disaster. The unfortunate sometimes draw misfortune on themselves. Associate with the happy and fortunate instead
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LAW 11
LEARN TO KEEP PEOPLE DEPENDENT ON YOU
The more you are relied on, the more freedom you have. Make people depend on you for their happiness and prosperity and you have nothing to fear. NEVER TEACH THEM ENOUGH SO THAT THEY CAN DO WITHOUT YOU.
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LEARN TO KEEP PEOPLE DEPENDENT ON YOU
The more you are relied on, the more freedom you have. Make people depend on you for their happiness and prosperity and you have nothing to fear. NEVER TEACH THEM ENOUGH SO THAT THEY CAN DO WITHOUT YOU.
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LAW 12
USE SELECTIVE HONESTY AND GENEROSITY TO DISARM YOUR VICTIM
One sincere and honest move will cover over dozens of dishonest ones. Once your selective honesty opens a hole in their armor, you can deceive and manipulate them at will. #Trojanhorse them.
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USE SELECTIVE HONESTY AND GENEROSITY TO DISARM YOUR VICTIM
One sincere and honest move will cover over dozens of dishonest ones. Once your selective honesty opens a hole in their armor, you can deceive and manipulate them at will. #Trojanhorse them.
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LAW 13
WHEN ASKING FOR HELP, APPEAL TO PEOPLE’S SELF-INTEREST, NEVER TO THEIR MERCY OR GRATITUDE
If you need to turn to an ally for help, do remind him of your past assistance and good deeds. Instead, uncover something that will benefit him.
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WHEN ASKING FOR HELP, APPEAL TO PEOPLE’S SELF-INTEREST, NEVER TO THEIR MERCY OR GRATITUDE
If you need to turn to an ally for help, do remind him of your past assistance and good deeds. Instead, uncover something that will benefit him.
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LAW 14
POSE AS A FRIEND, WORK AS A SPY
Play the spy yourself In polite social encounters, learn to probe. Ask indirect questions to get people to reveal their weaknesses and intentions. There is no occasion that is not an opportunity for artful spying.
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POSE AS A FRIEND, WORK AS A SPY
Play the spy yourself In polite social encounters, learn to probe. Ask indirect questions to get people to reveal their weaknesses and intentions. There is no occasion that is not an opportunity for artful spying.
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LAW 15
CRUSH YOUR ENEMY TOTALLY
All great leaders since Moses (up to Thanos😂) have known that a feared enemy must be crushed completely. More is lost through stopping halfway than through total annihilation: The enemy will recover, and will seek revenge.
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CRUSH YOUR ENEMY TOTALLY
All great leaders since Moses (up to Thanos😂) have known that a feared enemy must be crushed completely. More is lost through stopping halfway than through total annihilation: The enemy will recover, and will seek revenge.
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LAW 16
USE ABSENCE TO INCREASE RESPECT AND HONOR
Too much circulation makes the price go down. If you are already established in a group, temporary withdrawal from it will make you more talked about (BREXIT), even more admired. Create value through scarcity.
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USE ABSENCE TO INCREASE RESPECT AND HONOR
Too much circulation makes the price go down. If you are already established in a group, temporary withdrawal from it will make you more talked about (BREXIT), even more admired. Create value through scarcity.
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LAW 17
KEEP OTHERS IN SUSPENDED TERROR: CULTIVATE AN AIR OF UNPREDICTABILITY
Behavior that seems to have no consistency will keep people off-balance; they'll wear themselves out trying to explain your moves. Taken to an extreme, this can intimidate and terrorize.
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KEEP OTHERS IN SUSPENDED TERROR: CULTIVATE AN AIR OF UNPREDICTABILITY
Behavior that seems to have no consistency will keep people off-balance; they'll wear themselves out trying to explain your moves. Taken to an extreme, this can intimidate and terrorize.
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LAW 18
DO NOT BUILD FORTRESSES TO PROTECT YOURSELF—ISOLATION IS DANGEROUS
Isolation exposes you to more dangers than it protects you from—it cuts you off from valuable information, it makes you conspicuous. Better to circulate among people, find allies, mingle.
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DO NOT BUILD FORTRESSES TO PROTECT YOURSELF—ISOLATION IS DANGEROUS
Isolation exposes you to more dangers than it protects you from—it cuts you off from valuable information, it makes you conspicuous. Better to circulate among people, find allies, mingle.
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LAW 19
KNOW WHO YOU'RE DEALING WITH—DO NOT OFFEND THE WRONG PERSON
People won't react to your strategies in the same way. Choose your victims carefully and never offend or deceive the wrong person
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KNOW WHO YOU'RE DEALING WITH—DO NOT OFFEND THE WRONG PERSON
People won't react to your strategies in the same way. Choose your victims carefully and never offend or deceive the wrong person
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LAW 20
DO NOT COMMIT TO ANYONE
It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause but yourself By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others—playing people against one another, making them pursue you.
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DO NOT COMMIT TO ANYONE
It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause but yourself By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others—playing people against one another, making them pursue you.
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LAW 21
PLAY A SUCKER TO CATCH A SUCKER—SEEM DUMBER THAN YOUR MARK
No one likes feeling stupider than the next person. The trick is to make your victims feel smart; smarter than you. Once convinced of this, they'll never suspect that you may have ulterior motives.
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PLAY A SUCKER TO CATCH A SUCKER—SEEM DUMBER THAN YOUR MARK
No one likes feeling stupider than the next person. The trick is to make your victims feel smart; smarter than you. Once convinced of this, they'll never suspect that you may have ulterior motives.
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LAW 22
USE THE SURRENDER TACTIC: TRANSFORM WEAKNESS INTO POWER
When you are weaker, surrender gives you time to recover and wait for your conqueror's power to wane. Do not give him the satisfaction of fighting you—surrender first. Make surrender a tool of power.
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USE THE SURRENDER TACTIC: TRANSFORM WEAKNESS INTO POWER
When you are weaker, surrender gives you time to recover and wait for your conqueror's power to wane. Do not give him the satisfaction of fighting you—surrender first. Make surrender a tool of power.
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LAW 23
CONCENTRATE YOUR FORCES
Conserve your forces and energies by concentrating them at their strongest point. You gain more by finding a rich mine and mining it deeper, than by flitting from one shallow mine to another intensity defeats extensity every time.
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CONCENTRATE YOUR FORCES
Conserve your forces and energies by concentrating them at their strongest point. You gain more by finding a rich mine and mining it deeper, than by flitting from one shallow mine to another intensity defeats extensity every time.
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LAW 24
PLAY THE PERFECT COURTIER
The perfect courtier thrives in a world where everything revolves around power. He has mastered the art of indirection; he flatters, yields to superiors, and asserts power over others in the most oblique and graceful manner.
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PLAY THE PERFECT COURTIER
The perfect courtier thrives in a world where everything revolves around power. He has mastered the art of indirection; he flatters, yields to superiors, and asserts power over others in the most oblique and graceful manner.
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LAW 25
RE-CREATE YOURSELF
Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define it for you.
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RE-CREATE YOURSELF
Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define it for you.
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LAW 26
KEEP YOUR HANDS CLEAN
You must seem a paragon of civility and efficiency: Your hands are never soiled by mistakes and nasty deeds. Maintain such a spotless appearance by using others as scapegoats and cat's-paws to disguise your involvement.
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KEEP YOUR HANDS CLEAN
You must seem a paragon of civility and efficiency: Your hands are never soiled by mistakes and nasty deeds. Maintain such a spotless appearance by using others as scapegoats and cat's-paws to disguise your involvement.
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LAW 27
PLAY ON PEOPLE’S NEED TO BELIEVE TO CREATE A CULTLIKE FOLLOWING
Become the focal point of people's desire to believe in something by offering them a cause, a new faith to follow. Keep your words vague but full of promise and enthusiasm over rationality.
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PLAY ON PEOPLE’S NEED TO BELIEVE TO CREATE A CULTLIKE FOLLOWING
Become the focal point of people's desire to believe in something by offering them a cause, a new faith to follow. Keep your words vague but full of promise and enthusiasm over rationality.
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LAW 28
ENTER ACTION WITH BOLDNESS
Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Better to enter with boldness. Mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with audacity. Everyone admires the bold; no one honors the timid.
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ENTER ACTION WITH BOLDNESS
Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Better to enter with boldness. Mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with audacity. Everyone admires the bold; no one honors the timid.
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LAW 29
PLAN ALL THE WAY TO THE END
The ending is everything. Plan all the way to it, taking into account all the possible consequences and twists of fortune that might reverse your hard work and give the glory to others. Think far ahead and know when to end.
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PLAN ALL THE WAY TO THE END
The ending is everything. Plan all the way to it, taking into account all the possible consequences and twists of fortune that might reverse your hard work and give the glory to others. Think far ahead and know when to end.
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LAW 30
MAKE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS SEEM EFFORTLESS
All the toil, practice and clever tricks that go into your actions must be concealed. When you act, act natural and effortless, as if you could do much more. Teach no one your tricks or they'll be used against you.
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MAKE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS SEEM EFFORTLESS
All the toil, practice and clever tricks that go into your actions must be concealed. When you act, act natural and effortless, as if you could do much more. Teach no one your tricks or they'll be used against you.
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