The 48 Laws Of Power

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300 36 DISDAIN THINGS YOU CANNOT HAVE: IGNORING THEM IS THE BEST REVENGE _]UDGMEN'I‘ By acknowledging a pettyproblemyou give it ...

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Visual images often appear ina sequence, andtheorderinwhich they appear creates a symbol. The firstto appear, for instance, symb ...

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