The 48 Laws Of Power

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velop the theory behindthiskindof warfare, andto put itinto practice. His ideasinfluenced Mao, whofoundinhis writings an uncanny ...

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428 LAW 48 For centuriesthe Japanese would accept foreignersgraciously, and ap— pearedsusceptible to foreign culturesandinfluenc ...

We become predictable,always theFirst sign of decrepitude. And pre~ dictability makesus appear comical. Although ridiculeanddisd ...

430 LAW 43 Im age: Mer cury. The wingedmessenger, god of commerce, patron saintof thieves, gamblers, andallthosewhodeceive throu ...

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Aesop. Fables of Aesop. Translated by S.A.Hanford.NewYork: Penguin Books, 1954. Bloodworth, Dennisand Chin ...

432 BIBLIOGRAPHY Montaigne, Michelde. The CompleteEsrays. Translated by M.A.Screech. NewYork: Penguin Books, 1987. Mrazek, Col. ...

INDEX Italic pagereferences indicate AlexanderIII“the Great,” sidebars. King, 47,182-83, 331-32,355,355, Abraham, 73-74 377-72 a ...

434 I INDEX asking fortoo little, 234 “Assandthe Gardener, The” (Indianfable), 302 associations; inmirrored situations, 390-91 w ...

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436 INDEX China (cont) Hsiang Yu/Liu Pang struggle in, 108-10 _]apa.n’s invasion ofl14, 112,208-9, 422 KingGoujian in, 168 Kissi ...

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