48 Laws of power

The feeling of having no power over people and events is generally

unbearable to uswhen we feel helpless we feel miserable. No one wants less

power; everyone wants more. In the world today, however, it is dangerous to

seem too power hungry, to be overt with your power moves. We have to seem

fair and decent. So we need to be subdecongenial yet cunning, democratic yet

devious.