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ujames1978 's review for:
The Laws Of Human Nature
by Robert Greene
By all rights, this book really should be called "The Anecdotes Of Human Nature." Because although it's not bad and is indeed fairly insightful in parts, the bottom line is that it's a collection of the same 'Self Help' truisms that we can find almost anywhere, structured around anecdotes about the lives and personalities of multiple famous individuals. But of course, we are more likely to buy a book that declares itself to be the single, defining authority on a given subject by using grandiose terms such as 'Laws' or 'Rules' in the title.
QUARK: Are you saying they don't matter?
GINT: Of course they matter. That's why they're a best-seller. But we're talking about your life here. The Rules are nothing but guideposts, suggestions.
QUARK: Then why call them Rules?
GINT: Would you buy a book called 'Suggestions of Acquisition?' Doesn't quite have the same ring to it, does it?
QUARK: You mean it was a marketing ploy?
GINT: Shh. A brilliant one. Rule of Acquisition two hundred and thirty nine. Never be afraid to mislabel a product.
('Deep Space 9:' Season 4 - Episode 24 "Body Parts")
QUARK: Are you saying they don't matter?
GINT: Of course they matter. That's why they're a best-seller. But we're talking about your life here. The Rules are nothing but guideposts, suggestions.
QUARK: Then why call them Rules?
GINT: Would you buy a book called 'Suggestions of Acquisition?' Doesn't quite have the same ring to it, does it?
QUARK: You mean it was a marketing ploy?
GINT: Shh. A brilliant one. Rule of Acquisition two hundred and thirty nine. Never be afraid to mislabel a product.
('Deep Space 9:' Season 4 - Episode 24 "Body Parts")