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[Seven]

No way. The threat is often stronger than the execution.


Your first Pratchett? His first few Discworld books are relatively weak.

Perhaps, but if you threaten when you can't execute.. you've lost all your power.

Horribly boring book. I didn't finish reading it.

The thing is.. it's only a good book if you're familiar with the political situation of Europe at that time. It's also full of inside jokes really.

 

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[mikhail]

Perhaps, but if you threaten when you can't execute.. you've lost all your power.

Yes, this is pretty much true. Well, if you get found out anyway!

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

How could you not find it entertaining? Never threaten to do something if you're not planning on doing it. In fact, never threaten at all. Just do it.

Horribly boring book. I didn't finish reading it.

Well, it is interesting, or I would've stopped reading it, but it's not so engrossing that I can't read just one chapter at a time.

The thing is.. it's only a good book if you're familiar with the political situation of Europe at that time. It's also full of inside jokes really.

I'm not familiar at all, but the lessons are applicable to everyday life anyway.

 

[Bozi]

just about to start "6 Graves to Munich" by Mario Puzo,not picked up a book in a while for various reasons but i am going to get through my collection of Puzo novels before finishing my collection of Ludlum novels

 

[Bozi]

finished 6 graves to Munich in under 3 hours,certainly did not have the rich storytelling of his later work,or the depth of character you usually expect but for an enjoyable Ludlum-Lite novel it was certainly worth a quick read

 

[ĵџvє_вãвγ]

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, gloomy indeed, first 100-120 pages i was like "what the hell am i reading!" but despite the weak end, descriptions, the effect of two lovers lives to the others lives and character analysises were good indeed..
in high school my literature teacher wanted me to read this but instead of it i had chosen The Catcher in the Rye, luckily i hadnt read WH, i could have lost desire to the love

..***..

 

[Naggar]

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, gloomy indeed, first 100-120 pages i was like "what the hell am i reading!" but despite the weak end, descriptions, the effect of two lovers lives to the others lives and character analysises were good indeed..
in high school my literature teacher wanted me to read this but instead of it i had chosen The Catcher in the Rye, luckily i hadnt read WH, i could have lost desire to the love

..***..

such a masterpiece.
very dark, very depressing and ruined my idea of love very much, but still..

 

[IrishZebra]

"Terror made me cruel; and finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the broken pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes"

Explaining Bronte to an American

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

I'm beginning to enjoy The Prince more now.

 

[IrishZebra]

I'm beginning to enjoy The Prince more now.

Read Von Clausewitz

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

The wank smiley tells me that it might not be a good idea.

 

[Naggar]

"Terror made me cruel; and finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the broken pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes"

Explaining Bronte to an American

did the American get a word?

I'm beginning to enjoy The Prince more now.

Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel. Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are.

Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.

There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect.

War cannot be avoided; it can only be postponed to the other's advantage.

He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss.

I highly disagree with the book and his principles, but these quotes are just
and hey, the book is every dictator's guide until this day

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Yep, some really great quotes in there. I would say that only a few of the principles I disagree with and those are the ones that are irrelevant in modern society.

 

[Seven]

I don't disagree with the principles in the least. I think there's a whole lot more to Macchiavelli than most people generally think though.

 

[IrishZebra]

The wank smiley tells me that it might not be a good idea.

Prussian War Logic > Italian Political Logic

 

[JBF]

i didnt put cos' English edition cover is terrible but Turkish one is way nicer, that's why i chose the novel.

decide which one is better?!

English:

Turkish:

..***..

Both are good


But yea the Turkish version is way "better"

 

[ĵџvє_вãвγ]

Morgenrot by Tanja Heitmann , its tempo and excitement had been arranged very well but the subject wasnt attractive at all..but still i have to admit the writer was taking you to the different vampire world, unlike the other vampire stories you dont find that world charming!

..***..

 

[Fred]

Just started reading "Post Capitalist Society" by Peter Drucker.

 

[mikhail]

Oh, boy was that long. Excellent in parts, but Stephenson always had a tendency to spend too long showing off his research. Never bothered me before, but there's a chunk of this book that just should have been cut. Very impressive overall though.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Just got the Juventuz classic, Tim Park's A Season With Verona.