48 Laws of Power | Quotes

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No one wants to work with the greedy fish,

and over the years they end up isolated,

which often proves their undoing.

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The recipients of gifts, financial or otherwise, are suddenly as vulnerable as children, especially when the gift comes from someone in authority.

They cannot help opening up; their will is loosened

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Money is never spent to
so much advantage as
when you have been
cheated out of it; for at
one stroke you have
purchased prudence.

Arthur Schopenhauer,
1788-1860

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The great man who is a miser is a great fool, and a man in high places can have no vice so harmful as avarice.

A miserly man can conquer neither lands nor lordships, for he does not have a plentiful supply of friends with whom he may work his will.

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It is also dangerous simply to ask for what you need, no matter how politely:

Unless the other person sees some gain for themselves, they may come to resent your neediness.

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Learn to give before you take.

It softens the ground, takes the bite out of a future request, or simply creates a distraction.

And the giving can take many forms:

an actual gift, a generous act, a kind favor, an “honest” admission — whatever it takes.

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To give a gift is to imply that you and the recipient are equals at the very least, or that you are the recipient’s superior.

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A gift also involves an indebtedness or obligation; when friends, for instance, offer you something for free, you can be sure they expect something in return, and that to get it they are making you feel indebted.

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Rothschild was a man who understood power — he knew that his fortune would bring him status, but that if he remained socially alienated neither his status nor his fortune would last.

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The powerful learn early to protect their most valuable resources: independence and room to maneuver.

By paying the full price, they keep themselves free of dangerous entanglements and worries.

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Rothschild was a man who understood power — he knew that his fortune would bring him status, but that if he remained socially alienated neither his status nor his fortune would last.

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The only thing that would secure an outsider’s power: social acceptance.

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Look at the masters of power —

the Caesars, the Queen Elizabeths, the Michelangelos, the Medicis:

Not a miser among them.

Even the great con artists spend freely to swindle.

Tight purse strings are unattractive.

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When we are children, all kinds of complicated feelings about our parents center around gifts;

we see the giving of a gift as a sign of love and approval.

And that emotional element never goes away.

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Money has to circulate to bring power.

What money should buy is not lifeless objects but power over people.

By keeping money in constant circulation, Aretino bought an ever-expanding circle of influence that in the end more than compensated him for his expenses.

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To give a gift is to imply that you and the recipient are equals at the very least, or that you are the recipient’s superior.

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If you ask for little, shuffle your feet and lower your head, people will assume this reflects your character.

But this behavior is not you — it is only how you have chosen to
present yourself to others.

You can just as easily present the Columbus front: buoyancy, confiden

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Even the most powerful person is locked inside needs of his own, and that if you make no appeal to his self-interest, he merely sees you as desperate or, at best, a waste of time.

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There is a popular saying in Japan that goes “Tada yori takai
mono wa nai,” meaning:

“Nothing is more costly than something given free of charge. ”

THE UNSPOKEN WAY,
Michihiro
Matsumoto,
1988

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Power requires self-discipline.

The prospect of wealth, particularly easy, sudden wealth, plays havoc with the emotions.