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Remember that Ruth Bader Ginsburg photo that showed her working out after her latest surgery?
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 70057578:MV8zOTkxNjY3XzcyMjMyMTIyXzkzQjdBRkU3] 11 surprisingly apt lessons from Machiavelli's The Prince 1. Be present "... if one is on the spot, disorders are seen as they spring up, and one can quickly remedy them; but if one is not at hand, they are heard of only when they are great, and then one can no longer remedy them." 2. Be careful who you trust "... he who is the cause of another becoming powerful is ruined; because that predominancy has been brought about by astuteness or else by force, and both are distrusted by him who has been raised to power 4. Be picky about who works for you "The mercenary captains are either capable men or they are not; if they are, you cannot trust them, because they always aspire to their own greatness, either by oppressing you, who are their master, or others contrary to your intentions; but if the captain is not skillful, you are ruined the usual way." 5. Read "... to exercise the intellect the prince should read histories, and study there the actions of illustrious men, to see how they have borne themselves in war, to examine the causes of their victories and defeat, so as to avoid the latter and imitate the former." 6. Prepare for the worst "A wise prince ought to observe some such rules, and never in peaceful times stand idle, but increase his resources with industry in such a way that they may be available to him in adversity, so that if fortune changes it may find him prepared to resist her blows." 10. Sometimes your enemies are your friends "I must not fail to warn a prince, who by means of secret favours has acquired a new state, that he must well consider the reasons which induced those to favour him who did so; and if it be not a natural affection towards him, but only discontent with their government, then he will only keep them friendly with great trouble and difficulty, for it will be impossible to satisfy them. And weighing well the reasons for this in those examples which can be taken from ancient and modern affairs, we shall find that it is easier for the prince to make friends of those men who were contented under the former government, and are therefore his enemies, than of those who, being discontented with it, were favourable to him and encouraged him to seize it." https://theweek.com/articles/460489/11-surprisingly-apt-lessons-from-machiavellis-prince https://fs.blog/2013/09/lessons-from-machiavellis-the-prince/ [/quote]
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