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True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.

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
True
Mastery
Thought
Anywhere
Self
Presence
Mind
Strategy
Lies
Genius
Control
Lying
Fluidity

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Deceiving world, that with alluring toysHast made my life the subject of thy scorn,And scornest now to lend thy fading joys,T'outlength my life, whom friends have left forlornHow well are they that die ere they be born,And never see thy sleights, which few men shunTill unawares they helpless are undone!
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