Friendship

Law 2

Never put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn how to use Enemies

Be wary of friends-they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical. But hire a former enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend, because he has more to prove. In fact, you have more to fear from friends than from enemies. If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.

I was reading the 48 laws of power and I think that this law is a very insightful one were it shows us what friendship means. By this I am talking about what happens when we have had friends in our lives. I'm sure there are many of us who have had friends and got betrayed by others to do the wrong thing then we ended up falling and doing the wrong thing. When they back stabbed up and used us.

But isn't strange that when we thought that the people who were our enemies ended up being our true friends isn't that the strangest thing you could ever experience. There is an example of the story of Michael the 3rd when assumed the throne of Byzantine Empire. He appointed someone who was his friend Basilius to be his head of the stables. To cut the story short Basilius kills Michael the 3rd and he had given the best life to Basilius. Shocking when you think about it.

By Jared