"Be wary of friends—they will betray you more……" — Robert Greene
"Be wary of friends—they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical. But hire a former enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend, because he has more to prove. In fact, you have more to fear from friends than from enemies. If you have no enemies, find a way to make them."
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Robert Greene
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108 Quotes by Robert Greene
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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…
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The quiet mind is richer than a crown....Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such bliss beggars enjoy when princes…
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People are more complicated than the masks they wear in society.
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Understand: A person of power instills a kind of fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initative…
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When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are.
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When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and…
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If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your…
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Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
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Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.
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Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone…
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There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous.
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Never assume that the person you are dealing with is weaker or less important than you are. Some people are…
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Wonder [admiratio astonishment, marvel] is a kind of desire for knowledge. The situation arises when one sees an effect and…
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Men wake up aroused in the morning. We can't help it. We just wake up and we want you. And…
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No scientific subject has ever aroused quite the same mixture of hopes and fears [as atomic energy].
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As the attuning of music arouses emotions in the body to an unusual degree, well that there be choices made…
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Young people are capable, when aroused, of bringing down the towers of oppression and raising the banners of freedom.
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Writing should be meaningful for children, Y an intrinsic need should be aroused in them, and Y writing should be…
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All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and…
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If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and…
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