1. Never outshine the
master.
2. Never put too much
trust in friends, learn how to use enemies.
3. Conceal your
intentions.
4. Always say less than
necessary.
5. So Much Depends on
Reputation – Guard it with your Life.
6. Court attention at
all costs.
7. Get others to do the
work for you, but always take the credit.
8. Make other people
come to you; use bait if necessary.
9. Win through your
actions, never through argument.
10. Infection: avoid the unhappy and unlucky.
11. Learn to keep people
dependent on you.
12. Use selective honesty and generosity to
disarm your victim.
14. Pose as a friend, work as a spy.
15. Crush your enemy
totally.
16. Use absence to
increase respect and honor.
17. Keep others in
suspended terror:
cultivate an air of
unpredictability.
unpredictability.
18. Do not build fortresses to
protect yourself. Isolation is
dangerous.
dangerous.
19. Know who you're
dealing with; do not offend the wrong person.
20. Do not commit to
anyone.
21. Play a sucker to
catch a sucker: play dumber than your mark.
22. Use the surrender tactic: transform weakness into
power.
24. Play the perfect courtier.
25. Re-create yourself.
26. Keep your hands
clean.
27. Play on people's need
to believe to create a cultlike following.
28. Enter action with boldness.
29. Plan all the way to
the end.
30. Make your
accomplishments seem effortless.
31. Control the options:
get others to play with the cards you deal.
32. Play to people's fantasies.
33. Discover each man's thumbscrew.
34. Be royal in your fashion:
act like a king to
be treated like one.
35. Master the art of
timing.
36. Disdain things you
cannot have: Ignoring them is the
best revenge.
best revenge.
37. Create compelling
spectacles.
38. Think as you like but behave like others.
39. Stir up waters to catch fish.
40. Despise the free lunch.
41. Avoid stepping into a
great man's shoes.
42. Strike the shepherd and
the sheep will scatter.
44. Disarm and infuriate
with the mirror effect.
45. Preach the need for change, but
never reform too much
at once.
at once.
46. Never appear too perfect.
47. Do not go past the
mark you aimed for; in victory, learn
when to stop.
when to stop.
48. Assume formlessness.[11]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_48_Laws_of_Power




