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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Never Outshine the Master
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish ... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Never Outshine the Master
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Never put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn how to use Enemies
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> Be wary of friends; they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannica... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Never put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn how to use Enemies
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Conceal your Intentions
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> Keep people offbalance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions. If they have no clue what you are up to, they cannot prepare a defense. Guide... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Conceal your Intentions
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Always Say Less than Necessary
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying something banal, ... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Always Say Less than Necessary
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: So Much Depends on Reputation a- Guard it with your Life
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once you slip, however, you are vulnerable... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: So Much Depends on Reputation a- Guard it with your Life
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Court Attention at all Cost
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> Everything is judged by its appearance; what is unseen counts for nothing. Never let yourself get lost in the crowd, then, or buried in oblivion. Stand out. Be cons... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Court Attention at all Cost
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Get others to do the Work for you, but Always Take the Credit
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> Use the wisdom, knowledge, and legwork of other people to further your own cause. Not only will such assistance save you valuable ... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Get others to do the Work for you, but Always Take the Credit
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Make other People come to you a- use Bait if Necessary
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> When you force the other person to act, you are the one in control. It is always better to make your opponent come to you, abandoning his... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Make other People come to you a- use Bait if Necessary
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Win through your Actions, Never through Argument
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> Any momentary triumph you think gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory: The resentment and ill will you stir up is stronger and la... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Win through your Actions, Never through Argument
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> You can die from someone else's misery a- emotional states are as infectious as disease. You may feel you are helping the drowning man but you are only... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Learn to Keep People Dependent on You
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> To maintain your independence you must always be needed and wanted. The more you are relied on, the more freedom you have. Make people depend on you for t... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Learn to Keep People Dependent on You
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Use Selective Honesty and Generosity to Disarm your Victim
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> One sincere and honest move will cover over dozens of dishonest ones. Openhearted gestures of honesty and generosity bring down the g... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Use Selective Honesty and Generosity to Disarm your Victim
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: When Asking for Help, Appeal to People's SelfInterest, Never to their Mercy or Gratitude
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> If you need to turn to an ally for help, do not bother to remind him of your past assistance and good d... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: When Asking for Help, Appeal to People's SelfInterest, Never to their Mercy or Gratitude
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> Knowing about your rival is critical. Use spies to gather valuable information that will keep you a step ahead. Better still: Play the spy yourself. In polite s... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Crush your Enemy Totally
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> All great leaders since Moses have known that a feared enemy must be crushed completely. (Sometimes they have learned this the hard way.) If one ember is left alight, ... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Crush your Enemy Totally
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> Too much circulation makes the price go down: The more you are seen and heard from, the more common you appear. If you are already established in a gr... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Keep Others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> Humans are creatures of habit with an insatiable need to see familiarity in other people's actions. Your predictability gi... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Keep Others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Do Not Build Fortresses to Protect Yourself a- Isolation is Dangerous
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> The world is dangerous and enemies are everywhere a- everyone has to protect themselves. A fortress seems the safest. But ... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Do Not Build Fortresses to Protect Yourself a- Isolation is Dangerous
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Know Who You're Dealing with a- Do Not Offend the Wrong Person
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> There are many different kinds of people in the world, and you can never assume that everyone will react to your strategies in th... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Know Who You're Dealing with a- Do Not Offend the Wrong Person
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Do Not Commit to Anyone
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause but yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others a- pl... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Do Not Commit to Anyone
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker a- Seem Dumber than your Mark
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> No one likes feeling stupider than the next person. The trick, is to make your victims feel smart a- and not just smart, but smart... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker a- Seem Dumber than your Mark
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> When you are weaker, never fight for honor's sake; choose surrender instead. Surrender gives you time to recover, time to torment and ir... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Concentrate Your Forces
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> Conserve your forces and energies by keeping them concentrated at their strongest point. You gain more by finding a rich mine and mining it deeper, than by flitting fro... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Concentrate Your Forces
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Play the Perfect Courtier
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> The perfect courtier thrives in a world where everything revolves around power and political dexterity. He has mastered the art of indirection; he flatters, yields to... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Play the Perfect Courtier
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: ReCreate Yourself
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Recreate yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of yo... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: ReCreate Yourself
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Keep Your Hands Clean
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> You must seem a paragon of civility and efficiency: Your hands are never soiled by mistakes and nasty deeds. Maintain such a spotless appearance by using others as scapeg... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Keep Your Hands Clean
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Play on People's Need to Believe to Create a Cultlike Following
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> People have an overwhelming desire to believe in something. Become the focal point of such desire by offering them a cause, a ne... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Play on People's Need to Believe to Create a Cultlike Following
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Enter Action with Boldness
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Timidity is dangerous: Better to enter with boldn... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Enter Action with Boldness
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Plan All the Way to the End
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> The ending is everything. Plan all the way to it, taking into account all the possible consequences, obstacles, and twists of fortune that might reverse your hard w... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Plan All the Way to the End
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Make your Accomplishments Seem Effortless
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> Your actions must seem natural and executed with ease. All the toil and practice that go into them, and also all the clever tricks, must be concealed.... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Make your Accomplishments Seem Effortless
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Control the Options: Get Others to Play with the Cards you Deal
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> The best deceptions are the ones that seem to give the other person a choice: Your victims feel they are in control, but are act... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Control the Options: Get Others to Play with the Cards you Deal
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Play to People's Fantasies
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> The truth is often avoided because it is ugly and unpleasant. Never appeal to truth and reality unless you are prepared for the anger that comes for disenchantment. ... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Play to People's Fantasies
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Discover Each Man's Thumbscrew
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> Everyone has a weakness, a gap in the castle wall. That weakness is usually an insecurity, an uncontrollable emotion or need; it can also be a small secret pleas... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Discover Each Man's Thumbscrew
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated like one
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> The way you carry yourself will often determine how you are treated; In the long run, appearing vulgar or common will make ... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated like one
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Master the Art of Timing
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> Never seem to be in a hurry a- hurrying betrays a lack of control over yourself, and over time. Always seem patient, as if you know that everything will come to you ev... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Master the Art of Timing
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Disdain Things you cannot have: Ignoring them is the best Revenge
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> By acknowledging a petty problem you give it existence and credibility. The more attention you pay an enemy, the stronger you ... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Disdain Things you cannot have: Ignoring them is the best Revenge
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Create Compelling Spectacles
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> Striking imagery and grand symbolic gestures create the aura of power a- everyone responds to them. Stage spectacles for those around you, then full of arresting v... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Create Compelling Spectacles
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Think as you like but Behave like others
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> If you make a show of going against the times, flaunting your unconventional ideas and unorthodox ways, people will think that you only want attention ... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Think as you like but Behave like others
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Stir up Waters to Catch Fish
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> Anger and emotion are strategically counterproductive. You must always stay calm and objective. But if you can make your enemies angry while staying calm yourself,... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Stir up Waters to Catch Fish
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Despise the Free Lunch
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> What is offered for free is dangerous a- it usually involves either a trick or a hidden obligation. What has worth is worth paying for. By paying your own way you stay c... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Despise the Free Lunch
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Avoid Stepping into a Great Man's Shoes
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> What happens first always appears better and more original than what comes after. If you succeed a great man or have a famous parent, you will have to a... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Avoid Stepping into a Great Man's Shoes
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Strike the Shepherd and the Sheep will Scatter
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> Trouble can often be traced to a single strong individual a- the stirrer, the arrogant underling, the poisoner of goodwill. If you allow such peo... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Strike the Shepherd and the Sheep will Scatter
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Work on the Hearts and Minds of Others
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> Coercion creates a reaction that will eventually work against you. You must seduce others into wanting to move in your direction. A person you have seduc... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Work on the Hearts and Minds of Others
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Disarm and Infuriate with the Mirror Effect
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> The mirror reflects reality, but it is also the perfect tool for deception: When you mirror your enemies, doing exactly as they do, they cannot figu... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Disarm and Infuriate with the Mirror Effect
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Preach the Need for Change, but Never Reform too much at Once
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> Everyone understands the need for change in the abstract, but on the day to day level people are creatures of habit. Too much inno... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Preach the Need for Change, but Never Reform too much at Once
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Never appear too Perfect
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> Appearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to have no faults or weaknesses. Envy creates silent enemies. It is smart to o... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Never appear too Perfect
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Do not go Past the Mark you Aimed for; In Victory, Learn when to Stop
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> The moment of victory is often the moment of greatest peril. In the heat of victory, arrogance and overconfidence can push... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Do not go Past the Mark you Aimed for; In Victory, Learn when to Stop
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<begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Assume Formlessness
Description: <eot_id>|<start_header_id>|assistant|<end_header_id> By taking a shape, by having a visible plan, you open yourself to attack. Instead of taking a form for your enemy to grasp, keep yourself adaptable and on the move. Accept ... | <begin_of_text>|<start_header_id>|user|<end_header_id>|Title: Assume Formlessness
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