Robert Greene Quotes

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• Her lips are roses over-washed with dew, Or like the purple of Narcissus' flower; No frost their fair, no wind doth waste their power, But…
• The quiet mind is richer than a crown....Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such bliss beggars enjoy when princes oft do miss.
• People are more complicated than the masks they wear in society.
• Understand: A person of power instills a kind of fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initative on his side.
• When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are.
• When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity... you…
• If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Timidity is dangerous: Better…
• Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
• Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.
• Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with…
• There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous.
• Never assume that the person you are dealing with is weaker or less important than you are. Some people are slow to take offense, which…
• Think of it this way: There are two kinds of failure. The first comes from never trying out your ideas because you are afraid, or…
• Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter
• Few are born bold. Even Napoleon had to cultivate the habit on the battlefield, where he knew it was a matter of life and death.…
• Understand: people will constantly attack you in life. One of their main weapons will be to instill in you doubts about yourself – your worth,…
• Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.
• No one is really going to help you or give you direction. In fact, the odds are against you.
• People around you, constantly under the pull of their emotions, change their ideas by the day or by the hour, depending on their mood. You…
• In the future, the great division will be between those who have trained themselves to handle these complexities and those who are overwhelmed by them…

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