The 48 laws of Power

Guess the laws of the popular book by Robert Greene

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Hint	Answer
Law #1	Never outshine the master
Law #2	Never put too much trust in friends, learn how to use enemies
Law #3	Conceal your intensions
Law #4	Always say less than necessary
Law #5	So much depends on reputation - guard it with your life
Law #6	Court attention at all cost
Law #7	Get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit
Law #8	Make other people come to you - use bait if necessary
Law #9	Win through your actions, never through argument
Law #10	Infection: avoid the unhappy and unlucky
Law #11	Learn to keep people dependent on you
Law #12	Use selective honesty and generosity to disarm your victim
Law #13	When asking for help, appeal to people's self interest, never to their mercy or gratitude
Law #14	Pose as a friend, work as a spy
Law #15	Crush your enemy totally
Law #16	Use absence to increase respect and honor

Hint	Answer
Law #17	Keep others in suspended terror: cultivate air of unpredictability
Law #18	Do not build fortresses to protect yourself - isolation is dangerous
Law #19	Know who you are dealing with - do not offend the wrong person
Law #20	Do not commit to anyone
Law #21	Play a sucker to catch a sucker - seem dumber than you mark
Law #22	Use surrender tactic: transform weakness into power
Law #23	Concentrate your forces
Law #24	Play the perfect courtier
Law #25	Re-create yourself
Law #26	Keep your hands clean
Law #27	Play on people's need to create a cultlike following
Law #28	Enter the action with boldness
Law #29	Plan all the way to the end
Law #30	Make your accomplishments seem effortless
Law #31	Control the options: get others play with the cards you deal
Law #32	Play to people's fantasies

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Law #33	Discover each man's thumbscrew
Law #34	Be royal in your own fashion: act like a king to be treated like one
Law #35	Master the art of timing
Law #36	Disdain the things you cannot have: ignoring them is the best revenge
Law #37	Create compelling spectacles
Law #38	Think as you like but behave like others
Law #39	Stir up waters to catch a fish
Law #40	Despise the free lunch
Law #41	Avoid stepping into great man's shoes
Law #42	Strike the shepherd and sheep will scatter
Law #43	Work on the hearts and minds of others
Law #44	Disarm and intimidate with the mirror effect
Law #45	Preach the need for change but never reform too much at once
Law #46	Never appear too perfect
Law #47	Don't go past the mark you were aiming for; in the victory, learn when to stop
Law #48	Assume formlessness