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LAW 2

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.

We all need someone we can trust. No matter what one man or woman can not be an island. A person can go to an island, but no man or woman can be an island. You know, it is said that it gets lonely at the top. Which is why many of us want to take an entourage with us. The phrase it's lonely at the top is diversion so people will get discouraged or afraid to climb to the top. There are not enough hours in a day to no way to be as effective if one can perfecting a craft. Sometimes when we think we found someone we can trust, we tend to load them with gifts and favors and become "inseparable". We even at times civilize, sophisticate and cultivate them to our needs. We invest time and money into these people and when one invests time and money into needing someone to be loyal it can cause one to create a monster after having exposed our trainee to time, power, money, status, general knowledge, love, feeling of dedication. At times we even believe a friend can or will not betray us. That is a myth. Sometimes you need to bribe people in order to keep them away. Sometimes you will need to bribe a person to keep them close. Enemies on the other hand expect nothing from you, and you put nothing past them, which is why its better to give them more than a friend. A friend expects more and more favors and if they do not get it jealousy sometimes rises. Remember, the more favors and gifts you supply to revive the friendship, the less gratitude you will receive. If you never expect gratitude from a friend, you will always be surprised when you get it. Go for skill and compentacy and not friendship when needing someone to do work. Keep friends for friendship circle yourself with skill and competency for work. Friends soften our harsh world so that we don't feel alone, so that we have someone to talk to and damn it friends are there to just satisfy the need for human interaction.

Always remember, a person that has something to prove, will move mountains for you. A person with mutual interest will not be contaminated by personal feelings. And get the job. After all, at the end of the day, that is what it is about. Getting the job done. You destroy an enemy when you make a friend out of him or her, but never forget that he or she was the enemy. An enemy being around keeps you alert so never pick a fight with someone you are not sure you can defeat. Think of the fox and the snake story. A fox and a snake grew up as babies together. When they hit the dating phase, the fox wanted to go across the river to go over to a female fox's house that he met in the woods. But the fox couldn't swim. He begged his friend the snake to take him across the river. The snake said no. The fox said come one. The snake said no, I am a snake you are a fox, what if we get to the middle of the river and I bite you? The fox said we've been friends for over 15 years, and you haven't bit me yet. The snake said you're right. The snake said ok I will take you. They go to the river bank and the fox gets on the snakes back and the snake proceeds to swim across the river. When they get mid way across the river, the snake, turned and looked at the fox and bit him and slid from under him. The fox looked him in the eyes and said, why would you do that? The snake said, you knew what I was when you asked me. I even begged you to protect you but you wouldn't listen. I can't be sorry for doing what I do, when you know what I do and accept or reject when it is convenient for you. I didn't do it to you. You did it to yourself. Farewell, my friend, I might see you in the afterlife.

A man of power is to let someone else do the dirty work. Though sometimes in this day and age its safest to do it yourself. Assess, plan, and prepare on your own, so if you do not tell on you, you do not have to worry about anyone else telling on you. You see, like in the bible when it says God made us in his own image, man messed up and didn't listen to what he was specifically instructed and fell victim to his counterpart. If he only followed his orders as instructed he would have never fell victim. If we were made in God's image, and with freedom of choice we failed, our shadow is our perfect image and it will betray us without thought.

First of all, your shadow leaves you twice a day every day, guaranteed. At times your shadow depending on the elements around you, may not even show up. Your shadow, if you're a running from or to and individual will tell on you. So, remember if your shadow, will betray you, leave you, or tell on you what do you think another person will do to you. .Unlike animals that have on survival based on instinct, humans have freedom of choice, and a majority of times do not make good decisions.

Following instructions to detail is hard for many. Learning and Respecting the rules has now become one of our societies main problems. If you use a friend a friend for scapegoat you might lose a friend. But these are actually what you might want to use to infiltrate because a person will not believe you would sacrifice a friend. However, if both people know the dangers involved then so be it. However, never let your guard down when using a friend, be aware of emotional disturbance such as envy and ingratitude. Remember nothing is stable when it come to or around power.

Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge is a pleasure (Tacitus, C a.D 55-120)

Do not be so quick to create enemies, even though this sound contradictory to the law. Enemies will materialize on their own. And sometimes you may find yourself outnumbered by the existent enemies and the one's created by you i.e. strangers or even friends. Remember the fox and the snake story. The moral of the story is one knew the snake was a snake b4 you took that chance to fuck with it.

Do not let strength and courage fully impress you because it will only make a fool of you. The person who owes you is never the person to pay you, because nothing you did for them will be enough. And taking back, or refraining from what you once gave them can turn them into your enemy.

Do not let a person see power up close, because a man or woman always want more. Don't you give a person everything they ask for, they will want more. They more they want, the more favors you do, the more they start to believe they have earned their success on their own.

Do not let friendship and love blind your interest.

Do not think you know a person. Most people don't even really know themselves. A friend often agrees on things in order to avoid an argument, cover up things out of fear of offending another, thus not being honest and you never truly know how a friend feels.

Fear can lead one to proclaim innocence and loyalty so can the enjoyment of riches and honor.

Image: "The Jaws of Ingratitude. Knowing what would happen if you put a finger in the mouth of a lion, you would stay clear of it." With friends you will have no such caution, and if you hire them, they will eat you alive with ingratitude. (48 Laws)

Authority: Know how to use enemies for your own profit. You must learn to grasp a sword not by its blade, which would cut you, buy by the handle, which allows you to defend yourself. The wise man profits more from his enemies, than a fool from his friends. (Batltasar Gracian, 1601-1659)