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THE PHILOSOPHY OF SUCCESS
"The last word of social wisdom is, never trust." 28
"As clouds change form from moment to moment, just so thine enemy of today becomes, even today, thy friend." 20
"Whoever desires success in this world must be prepared to make decp bows, swear love and friendship, speak humbly, and pretend to shed and wipe away tears." 30
"Do not fear the results of karına, rely on your strength. No one has ever seen in this world what the fruits are of a good or of an evil deed. Let us then aspire to be strong; because all things belong to the man who is strong:" 31
"Might is above right; right procceds from might; right has its support in might, as living beings in the soil. As smoke the wind, so right must follow might. Right in itself is devoid of command; it leans on might as the creeper on the tree.
"Right is in the hands of the strong; nothing is impossible to the strong. Everything is pure that comes from the strong." 82
“Bc a heron in calculating thine own advantage, a lion when thou dost attack, a wolf when thou dost prey, a hare when thou takcsi flight." 93
"When thou findest thyself in a low state, try to list thyself up, resorting to pious as well as to cruel actions. Before practicing morality, wait until thou art strong." 31
being questioned, O Yudhisthira, I could not venture to discourse upon this duty. Morality is very subtic. ... Listen therefore, O Bharata, to the means that kings may employ during seasons of distress. From the standpoint of true morality, however, I would not call these means righteous" (ib. 12. 130. 1-8).
28 Ib. 12. 80. 12. 29 1b. 12, 138. 154. 30 16. 12. 140. 17. 81 1b. 12. 184. 2-8. 32 lb. 12. 134. 5-7. 88 Tb. 12. 140. 25. 84 15. 12. 140. 38; cf. also 12. 141. 62.
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