Law 16: Use absence to increase respect and honor.

Quote by The 48 Laws Of Power

Topics: Honor Quotes, Respect Quotes

Law 44: Disarm and infuriate with the mirror effect.

Law 44: Disarm and infuriate with the mirror effect.

Law 2: Never put too much trust in friends; learn how to use enemies.

Law 2: Never put too much trust in friends; learn how to use enemies.

Law 21: Play a sucker to catch a sucker: play dumber than your mark.

Law 21: Play a sucker to catch a sucker: play dumber than your mark.

Law 29: Plan all the way to the end.

Law 29: Plan all the way to the end.

Law 10: Infection: avoid the unhappy and unlucky.

Law 10: Infection: avoid the unhappy and unlucky.

Law 9: Win through your actions, never through argument.

Law 9: Win through your actions, never through argument.

Law 18: Do not build fortresses to protect yourself. Isolation is dangerous.

Law 18: Do not build fortresses to protect yourself. Isolation is dangerous.

Law 8: Make other people come to you; use bait if necessary.

Law 8: Make other people come to you; use bait if necessary.

Law 1: Never outshine the master.

Law 1: Never outshine the master.

Law 30: Make your accomplishments seem effortless.

Law 30: Make your accomplishments seem effortless.

Law 19: Know who you're dealing with; do not offend the wrong person.

Law 19: Know who you're dealing with; do not offend the wrong person.

Law 24: Play the perfect courtier.

Law 24: Play the perfect courtier.

Law 33: Discover each man's thumbscrew.

Law 33: Discover each man's thumbscrew.

Law 48: Assume formlessness.

Law 48: Assume formlessness.

Law 23: Concentrate your forces.

Law 23: Concentrate your forces.

Law 46: Never appear perfect.

Law 46: Never appear perfect.

Law 37: Create compelling spectacles.

Law 37: Create compelling spectacles.

Law 26: Keep your hands clean.

Law 26: Keep your hands clean.

Law 15: Crush your enemy totally.

Law 15: Crush your enemy totally.

Law 4: Always say less than necessary.

Law 4: Always say less than necessary.