The 48 Laws Of Power

182 LAW'24 MasterYourEmotions.As an actor ina greatplay,you mustlearnto cry and laugh oncommandandwhenitis appropriate. Youmustb ...

the young man secretly scoffedatthem.Hebelievedin purephilosophy, in Imadorned words, in speaking thenakedtruth.IfAlexanderloved ...

I 84 LAW 24 SceneIII Early inhis career, theFrencharchitect Jules Mansartreceivedcommis- sionsto design minoradditionstoVersaill ...

Whenthe painting was finally unveiled,however, both Talleyrand and Wellington felt honoredand satisfied.Thework depicts a large ...

1.516 LAW 24 SceneVI Pope UrbanVIIIwantedto berememberedforhisskillsin writing poetry, which unfortunately weremediocre atbest. ...

SceneVIII One day, for amusement, theItalianRenaissance painter Fra FilippoLippi (1406-1469) andsomefriendswent sailing inasmall ...

18!? ‘ LAW 24 SceneX The greatEnglish landscape painter M.W. Turner (1775-1851) was knownfor hisuseof color, whichhe applied wit ...

Acourt-—-inthiscasetheentireworldof diplomats andinternational statesmen, andalsoofthe journalists whocourtthem--isa place ofmut ...

190 LAW 24 more ridiculous; itwouldbebettertomakeashowof good humor. Still, he did nothide his displeasure well. Talleyrand deci ...

LAW 25 RE~CREATE YOURSELF jUDGMEN'I‘ Do net accept theroles that societyfoists on you. Re-create yourself by forging anew identi ...

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giant newtheaterwasbuiltthat slopeddramatically downthe Tarpeian Rock.Crowdsfromalloverthe empire flockedtothese events, theroad ...

194 LAW 25 surprise,suspense, thecreationof sympathy, and symbolic identification. Alsolike him, you mustbe constantly awareof y ...

thecharactershehad created; insteadof conducting affairswithfamous men, she would beginmeddling in politics,leading demonstratio ...

196 LAW 25 sandsof years,onlykings andthe highest courtiershadthefreedomto shape their public image anddeterminetheirown identit ...

butwould delight in electing.Althoughmany ofthese qualifies camenatu- rally to him, he played them up--the hatand clothes, thebe ...

to beguile thecommittee with well—crafted responses that were ambiguous, funny, and double—edged. Insteadofan angry, heartfelt t ...

REVERSAL Therecan really benoreversaltothiscriticallaw:Badtheaterisbadthe- ater.Even appearing natural requires a.rt—inother wor ...

LAW 26 KEEP YOUR HANDS CLEAN JUDGMENT You must seem a paragon ofcivility and efficienr.y.' Your hands am: never soiled by mistak ...

PART I-.CONCEALYOURMIS'I‘AKES-~ HAVE A SCAPEGOATAROUNDTOTAKETHEBLAME Our good nameand reputationdepend moreonwhatweconcealthanon ...