Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.
ROBERT GREENEThere’s no more of an excuse for blaming other people or the world for at least not trying what you should be trying.
More Robert Greene Quotes
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Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.
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It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.
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You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.
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True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.
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Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
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We must create our own world or we will die from inaction.
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You cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself.
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Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
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It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause by yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others — playing people against one another, making them pursue you.
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The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.
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Win through your actions, never through argument.
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Be brutal with the past, especially your own, and have no respect for the philosophies that are foisted on you from outside.
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Nothing is stable in the realm of power, and even closest of friends can be transformed into the worst of enemies.
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Be as fluid as water, do not give your enemies anything solid to attack.
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Everybody in life is struggling for power, and some people use morality and righteousness as a weapon, while others use different means, even passive aggression. From a distance, we are all fighting, and I am looking at this from a distance.
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