The 48 Laws Of Power (The Modern Machiavellian Robert Greene Book 1)

The feeling of having no power over people and events is generally unbearable to us—when we feel helpless we feel miserable.

Everything must appear civilized, decent, democratic, and fair. But if we play by those rules too strictly, if we take them too literally, we are crushed by those around us who are not so foolish.

“Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.”