Keep Your Friends Close But Work Your Enemies

5 replies · 1622 views · Started by laidbackfella · Jul 2006

Orangeburg, SC

laidbackfella Orangeburg, SC

Each day I am going to list one of Robert Green's 48 Laws Of Power. I'd like to hear your personal experiences related to THIS law where you were the one observing the law in action, utilizing the law or the one on the other end. Today let's look at: Law Two - NEVER PUT TOO MUCH TRUST IN FRIENDS, LEARN HOW TO USE ENEMIES 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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'manda · Jul 2006

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wow, that's deep. and so true. i don't a single one of my friends as far as i could throw 'em. then again, wouldn't trust my enemies, either.

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LadyLike04 from Buffalo, NY · Jul 2006

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laidbackfella wrote:
Each day I am going to list one of Robert Green's 48 Laws Of Power. I'd like to hear your personal experiences related to THIS law where you were the one observing the law in action, utilizing the law or the one on the other end. Today let's look at: Law Two - NEVER PUT TOO MUCH TRUST IN FRIENDS, LEARN HOW TO USE ENEMIES 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.

forget all of that... I DON'T TRUST ANYONE... well maybe one but that's it :razz:

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· Jul 2006

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After all the stuff I been thru the past 3 years alone Its hard for me to trust females that try to come off nice...........they seem like lying about being pregnant.........I mean really am I THAT good of person that girls feel thats the ONLY way they can get to keep me?? then when I say I dont want they **** they have a "MYSTERIOUS MISCARRIAGE"............smh.......... at anyrate..........I been using my enemies....... I FEED off there hatred and energy.......it makes me work even harder.........then I use them for my entertainment........there is nothing more entertaining than making them hate each other......"The enemy of my enemy is my friend"

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