THE 48 LAWS OF POWER----------------------------------------
LAW 1: Never outshine the master.
LAW 2: Never put too much trust in friends, learn how to use enemies.
LAW 3: Conceal your intentions.
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 costs.
LAW 7: Get others to do the work for you; but always take the credit.
LAW 8: Make others 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.
LAW 17: Keep others in suspended terrorism: cultivate an air of unpredictability.
LAW 18: Do not build fortresses to protect yourself - Isolation is dangerous.
LAW 19: Know who you're 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 your mark.
LAW 22: Use the surrender tactic - transform weakness into power.
LAW 23: Concentrate your forces.
LAW 24: Play the perfect courtier.
LAW 25: Recreate yourself.
LAW 26: Keep your hands clean.
LAW 27: Play on people's need to believe to create a culture following.
LAW 28: Enter 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 to play with the cards you deal.
LAW 32: Play to people's fantasies.
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 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 fish.
LAW 40: Despise the free lunch.
LAW 41: Avoid stepping into a great man's shoes.
LAW 42: Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.
LAW 43: Work on the hearts and minds of others.
LAW 44: Disarm and infuriate 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: Do not go past the mark you aimed for. In victory, learn when to stop.
LAW 48: Assume formlessness.