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- Absolutely right! And your prize is the most excellent homemade virus from Phantom. It contains mathematical formulas - at the very least. It will be something to pass eternity. Don't be bored! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

It was one of the sinister entertainments of the maniac. To hand over after a stormy night to an unsuspecting and already pretty tired of her gentleman the key. Allegedly from her bedroom. The expectation was that the key would be taken in hand. And with bare hands. Without any gloves. And the trick was in the subject itself. It didn't fit the door lock at all. One prong of the key was specially sharp-sharply sharpened. And smeared with a potent poison. Manipulating the key it was impossible not to get scratched. And then the poison, getting into the wound, penetrated into the blood and after a few hours or days the victim died. The life expectancy of a cavalier depended on the concentration of the poison. The more it was smeared, the faster the admirer died. The less - the death of the lucky one was delayed several hours later. But in one case or another, the result of this fun was one - death from poisoning! And most importantly, no one could prove anything that Lucrezia Borgia was the poisoner. There were only suspicions, but no hard evidence. Everything was so skillfully done. And no one took the rumors, rumors and stories seriously. In addition, many were afraid to contact the influential and powerful Borgia clan. So the beauty-destroyer always came out dry from the water.

Lucrezia used another Borgia recipe: poisoning with a peach cut in half with a knife poisoned on only one side. This trick was used in case the victim showed excessive caution and incredulity.

She lived under the same roof with me and my parents for so long that in the end, fear, caution, observation and cunning developed in her an instinctive and almost prescient knowledge about us, such as a sailor has about the sea, a hunter has about game, and about the disease - if not with a doctor, then at least with many patients.

- Well, they were going to hang me. I thought it was a good idea.

Tolerance is the Overton window.

Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than cunning.

That enemy is safe, who is sure that he holds you securely in his hands.

The one who sits in the first place rarely plays the first role! Aren't there few kings ruled by their minister, few ministers ruled by their secretary? And who should be considered first? Someone, in my opinion, who sees through others and has sufficient power or cunning enough to use their strength and passion to carry out their plans.

I’m not as sage as it is commonly believed. Indeed, I have always been quite perspicacious and quite cunning, but that does not mean that I am able to see right through people. Nobody is capable of this.

Where everyone earns their own points.

- Yes, you saw how.

The most important trick of the devil in trying to convince people that he is not.

These experiments will demonstrate to you that people need stories.