Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.
Learn to know every man under you, get under his skin, know his faults. Then cater to him - with kindness or roughness as his case may demand.
A simple rule in dealing with those who are hard to get along with is to remember that this person is striving to assert his superiority; and you must deal with him from that point of view.
Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.
You must show him, by leaving him severely alone.
The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?
He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.
The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
Everybody needs to lower his ego.
When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he does become inferior.