Aphorism #5 Create a Feeling of Dependence.

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Aphorism #5 Create a Feeling of Dependence.

Not he that adorns but he that adores makes a divinity. The wise man would rather see men needing him than thanking him. To keep them on the threshold of hope is diplomatic, to trust to their gratitude boorish; hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one. More is to be got from dependence than from courtesy. He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well, and the orange once sucked falls from the golden platter into the waste-basket. When dependence disappears, good behaviour goes with it as well as respect. Let it be one of the chief lessons of experience to keep hope alive without entirely satisfying it, by preserving it to make oneself always needed even by a patron on the throne. But let not silence be carried to excess lest you go wrong, nor let another's failing grow incurable for the sake of your own advantage. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ArtOfWorldlyWisdom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ArtOfWorldlyWisdom?a=aKjA7JWrM2w:AcgywzPZHPk:yIl2A UoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ArtOfWorldlyWisdom?d=qj6IDK7rITs (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ArtOfWorldlyWisdom?a=aKjA7JWrM2w:AcgywzPZHPk:qj6ID K7rITs)
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Perhaps the parametric nature of Balthasar might bother some people. But the same some people have it upsidedown. They seek independance as individuals; an impossible. Dependance is the key to genuine relationships and the hope of overcoming problems. Accepting natural dependence forges genuine frienship. Genuine friendship forges ascension to the spirit of sharing and love.