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Be wary of those you keep close to you. Never take them fully into your confidence, never dilute your strength by sharing it.
If they claim friendship, then let them prove themselves. Words carry little weight compared to action. If friends they be, then they should be willing to die for you.
Show no weakness, do not admit error, do not show hesitation. These things tell others that you are uncertain, a stone that is unbalanced and may be toppled.
Beware mercy. A turned back is no defense against an assassin's knife.
Beware the common view of love. Love must often be cruel in order so that it may rise above the merely sentimental.
Separate yourself from small-minded fools and the weak by recognizing that you have a destiny. This alone gives you authority to tread where others would fear to go.
There are two secret to becoming great. One is never to reveal all that you know. The second is that you must be willing to sacrifice. Whether it is parts of yourself or things precious to you. Power is a bargain: One must give in order to receive.
Honor and virtue are concepts that kill men and kill the spirit. They are only abstracts that drive men to strangeness and death. Be true to yourself and obey only your own will.
Do not suffer one who has hurt you to live. To do so is an admission of weakness.
The soul of man is a sea of emotions. Often man struggles to bring order to these emotions, but it is a false order. Man's natural state is chaos, and it is a state that should be surrendered to.
Know the meaning of mercy, use it to your advantage... but never practice it.
Nurture fear in others, for only fear rules men. Nothing else leaves deeper scars.
Extend a smile and the hand of friendship to your enemies. When they clasp your hand, strike them with the dagger in your other hand, else they will surely do the same to you.
Weigh them carefully. Remember that you can expunge anything you find undesirable. You need only have the will.
From: Grimoire of Pestilent Thought, Planescape: Torment |
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