#12 – Use selective honesty and generosity to disarm your victim
“One sincere and honest move will cover over dozens of dishonest ones. Open-hearted gestures of honesty and generosity bring down the guard of even the most suspicious people. Once your selective honesty opens a hole in their armor, you can deceive and manipulate them at will. A timely gift — a Trojan horse — will serve the same purpose.”
Source: Robert Greene’s “The 48 Laws Of Power.”