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Power wears out those who do not have it.

Mario Puzo

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Mario Puzo
Age: 78 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 15
Died: 1999
Died: July 2
Author
Diplomat
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Mario Cleri
Mario Gianluigi Puzo
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Power

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He had long ago learned that society imposes insults that must be borne, comforted by the knowledge that in this world there comes a time when the most humble of men, if he keeps his eyes open, can take his revenge on the most powerful.
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You cannot say 'no' to the people you love, not often. That's the secret. And then when you do, it has to sound like a 'yes'. Or you have to make them say 'no.' You have to take time and trouble.
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It can be argued that man's instinct to gamble is the only reason he is still not a monkey up in the trees.
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Revenge is a dish that tastes best when served cold.
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We are all honorable men here, we don 't have to give each other assurances as if we were lawyers.
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I spent my whole life trying not to be careless. Women and children can afford to be careless, but not men.
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Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
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Never let a domestic quarrel ruin a day's writing. If you can't start the day fresh, get rid of your wife.
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ِAn offer you can't refuse.
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God seemed to be having a hard time killing him, and he'd be damned if he was going to make the job easy for mere mortals
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there was no greater natural advantage in life than having an enemy overestimate your faults, unless it was to have a friend underestimate your virtues.
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He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes to war must die. Show me a gambler and I'll show you a loser, show me a hero and I'll show you a corpse.
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Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly.
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Let us be separated by wars and pestilence, death, madness but not by the passing of time.
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A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.
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Great men are not born great, they grow great . . .
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I believe in America. America's made my fortune.
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He smelled the garden, the yellow shield of light smote his eyes, and he whispered, Life is so beautiful. ... Yes, he thought, if I can die saying, Life is so beautiful, then nothing else is important.
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Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.
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I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.
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