Diabolical Axioms
- Never acquire an enemy you do not need.
- Study common knowledge, then reject it.
- Never teach your soldiers everything you know, because one day you may become your own victim.
- To deceive an enemy, let him think you fear him.
- Bad luck enters through the door you left open.
- At sea, we are all brothers. But those with life jackets may be unwilling to share.
- He that answers for others pays the bill.
- It you must lie, be brief.
- Always pull a snake from its hole with another man's hand.
- Shallow waters may conceal sharks.
- I you are forced to bow, bow deeply—and remember the bitter feeling when you take revenge.
- Do not use both legs when you measure the depth of a river.
- Do not use cat guts to tie a dog.
- If you are the anvil, be patient. If you are the hammer, hit.
- Leave a sleeping dog alone unless you have a lion in your leash.
- Nothing weights less than a promise.
- Never underestimate your opponent's skills, cunning, and greed. And don't overestimate them either.
- After the war, many heroes appear.
- If you strike at someone in anger, be careful not to hit yourself.
- Fire can be concealed, but smoke cannot.
- Some defeats are better than victories; unfortunately, some victories are worse than defeats.
- In every situation, ask: "what do I gain?" Then ask: "what does he gain?"
- Better your foes believe you are crazy than they believe you are sane and understanding.
- He that serves two masters must lie to one of them.
- After a victory, sharpen your knife.
- Everyone is kind while you do not ask for help.
- A crow drowns if it mimics a seagull.
- No crisis is as bad as one imagines.
- Necessity breaks all rules.
- Living according to someone's will is misery for a few, necessary for many, and desirable for most.
- Today's friend is tomorrow's enemy.
- If you are never on the street, you will never learn its rules.
- No man's credit is worth his cash payment.
- You do not know your soldier until he becomes your lieutenant.
- Never reveal your weaknesses.
- Do nothing to change your enemies. Control them instead. Know where they are, what they think, and who they trust.
- Fear is often concealed with courage.
- It takes a thousands strike to drive a nail into a wall when it is dark.
- Hunger turns bread to cakes and beans to steaks.
- Set priorities. If you are up to your waist in leeches, drain the swamp.
- Everything is quid quo pro.
- Never think that man is guided by reason and logic.
- A thousand friends is not enough, but a single enemy is. There is no harmless enemy.
- Make your plans as complicated as necessary, but issue simple orders.
- Be kind to everyone, kind to some, acquainted with few, and a friend to just a handful.
- It is a fool that cannot hide his wisdom.
- Your opponent is never as dangerous as you may believe. Neither are you.
- If you want to be loved, buy a dog.
- Better an ass that drags than a horse that throws.
- The future is paid with the present.
- Many have starved to death in the plentiful land of promises.
- The fish dies for its open mouth.
- Never judge others for what you hear about them.
- Eagles do not chase flies.
- When the arrow leaves the bow, it does not return.
- If you do not recognize the mark after half an hour when you are gathered at the table, it is you.
- Not all that snore are asleep.
- Planning is the mother of fortune.
- A runaway nun always speaks ill of her convent.
- Wolves may lose their teeth but not their nature.
- If a problem seems unsolvable, look for the woman, or the man.
- Many come fishing, but few will bring the bait.
- No solution will satisfy everyone.
- Many words, many lies.
- If you must cut, let your victim think you are a surgeon.
- An enemy is most dangeous when he seems defeated.
- Problems show what men are made of.
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