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To succeed in the game of power, you have to master your emotions. But even if you succeed in gaining such self-control, you can never control the temperamental dispositions of those around you. And this presents a great danger.

Robert Greene

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Robert Greene
Age: 34 †
Born: 1558
Born: July 11
Died: 1592
Died: September 3
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Norwich
Norfolk
Control
Disposition
Games
Emotions
Around
Master
Power
Masters
Self
Succeed
Temperamental
Great
Danger
Dispositions
Even
Emotion
Gaining
Never
Game
Presents

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