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Art of Worldly Wisdom
Of the traditional Art of Worldly Wisdom translations, Joseph Jacobs still seems to rank highest. The Fisher and Maurer versions add some good symbolism and help update to a more modern language and idiom; but, in many instances seem to miss the heart-meaning that Jacobs more often captures. This version translates but also paraphrases and interprets hopefully making these snapshots of practical strategy more accessible to the more modern mind and culture.
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1.Geometrically expanding complexity
2.Balancing mind and spirit
3.Restraint and Inscrutability
4.Wisdom and Skillful Means
5.Always stay needed, indispensable if possible
6.Completeness
7.Less praise, less competition
8.The Highest Realization
9.Least expected, most esteemed
10.Fame and Fortune
11.Turn friends into teachers
12.Never finish
13.Seeing through deception
14.Surface and Substance
15.Learn from the Wise
16.Skillful Means and Wisdom
17.Predictability
18.Ability and Attitude
19.Under Promise, Over Deliver
20.Only wisdom discovers immortality
21.Luck and Wisdom
22.Knowledge, conversation, and wit
23.Impeccable Goodness
24.Tame and use imagination wisely
25.Freeing our impressions from deception
26.Influence and control
27.Depth versus Breadth
28.Cut the chains of Popular Approval and Empty Praise
29.Integrity
30.Right Livelihood
31.Bad Luck
32.Doing Good
33.Discipline
34.Prioritize your Best
35.Prioritizing and Planning Ahead
36.Guiding Luck
37.Skillful Subtlety
38.Strategic Withdrawal
39.Harvest
40.Kindness
41.Exaggeration
42.Leadership
43.Inscrutable
44.Kinships of Mind and Heart
45.Caution
46.Projection
47.Less Commitment, More Success
48.Personal Depth
49.Discriminating Awareness
50.Defend Your Self-Respect
51.Making Good Decisions
52.Don't Say It
53.Make Haste Slowly
54.Courage
55.Skillful Waiting
56.Spontaneous Insight
57.Quickly done, quickly undone
58.Less But More
59.Temporary Success
60.Reason
61.Mediocrity
62.Tools
63.Innovators
64.Idiot Compassion
65.Taste
66.The End Justifies the Means
67.Prestigious Professions
68.No risks, no gains
69.Self-Knowledge
70.How to say "no"
71.Consistent Dependability
72.Determination
73.Skillful Evasion
74.Stay Approachable
75.Emulation
76.Joking
77.Be All Things to All People
78.Fools Rush In
79.Cheerful Humor
80.Fake News
81.Become a Phoenix of Rebirth
82.Don't Drink the Dregs
83.Avoid Perfection
84.Useful Enemies
85.Avoid the Limelight
86.Dodging Slander
87.Culture Defines the Person
88.Discerning Attention
89.Mind Mirrors
90.Long Life
91.Doubt and Action
92.Wit vs. Wisdom
93.Universal Spirit
94.Strategic Reserve
95.Expectations
96.Common Sense
97.Reputation
98.Disguised Intentions
99.Appearance and then Reality
100.Anti-Illusion Philosophy
101.Frivolous View
102.Big-Hearted Capacity
103.Respectability
104.Managing Projects
105.Focus on the Essence
106.Bragging
107.Self-Satisfaction
108.Collaboration
109.Criticism
110.Don't Become a Setting Sun
111.Friendship
112.Goodwill.2
113.Foresight
114.Competition
115.Tolerance
116.Avoid Dishonorable People
117.Self-Talk
118.Politeness
119.Dislike
120.Pragmatic Conformity
121.Attention
122.Authentic Presence
123.Affectation
124.Credentials
125.Gossip
126.The Folly of Not Hiding
127.Charisma
128.High-minded Character
129.Complaint
130.Image
131.High-Mindedness
132.Mature the Choice
133.A fool with the many or wise alone?
134.Double Your Resources
135.Contradiction
136.Self-Sufficiency
137.Let It Be
138.Timing
139.Good Taste
140.Live at the Center
141.Vanity
142.Obstinacy
143.Holding your Seat
144.Skillful Evasion
145.Wounded Fingers
146.Lies
147.Be Accessible
148.The Art of Conversation
149.Scapegoats
150.Marketing
151.Sleep on it or Don’t Sleep
152.Companions
153.Succession
154.Gullibility
155.Self-Control
156.Choosing Friends Wisely
157.Read People Like you Study Books
158.Fresh Air for the Soul
159.From Acceptance Comes Peace
160.Less Talk, Less Litigation
161.Know Your Faults
162.Expel Envy
163.Misguided Sympathy
164.Foresight
165.Fair Fighting
166.People of Words or Deeds
167.Self-Reliance
168.Eccentricities
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