Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes

When he pretends to flee, do not pursue.

One may outwit another, but not all the others.

You cannot play naive if you're not.

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.

All warfare is based on deception.

Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries.

The Politician uses the language of diplomacy of which he is a master, and it consists in telling some of the truth without necessarily exhausting it.

You should always try to deceive your enemy.

We may employ artifice to deceive a rival, anything against our enemies.

Confuse the enemy. Keep him in the dark on your intentions. Sometimes what seems a victory isn't really a victory and sometimes a defeat isn't really a defeat. Whether in attacking, counterattacking, or defensive tactics, the idea of attacking should remain central, to always keep the initiative.

Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next.

Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next. Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work against you. Remember that, Sansa, when you come to play the game.” “What . . . what game?” “The only game. The game of thrones.” -(Littlefinger)

And a diplomatist is one who lets the other fellow think he's getting his way, while all the time he's having his own. It never does any special harm to let people have their way with their mouths.

I love enemies, though not in the Christian way. They amuse me, excite my blood. Being always on one’s guard, catching every glance, the significance of every word, guessing at intentions, frustrating their plots, pretending to be tricked, and suddenly, with a shove, upturning the whole enormous and arduously built edifice of their cunning and schemes—that’s what I call life.

Im my profession you have to mystify the enemy.

Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack.

A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor notice it.

The weak in courage is strong in cunning.

Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.

Tactics are manipulative.

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

If you can't convince them, confuse them.

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.