Mastermind 3 - Game Thread 2

"The value of a thing sometimes lies not in what one attains with it, but in what one pays for it - what it costs us."
- Friedrich Nietzsche


"Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not. Hence a prince who wants to keep his authority must learn how not to be good, and use that knowledge, or refrain from using it, as necessity requires."
- Niccolo Machiavelli


A lion and a wild ass entered into an agreement to hunt wild beasts together. The lion was use to his great strength, while the ass would make use of his greater speed. When they had taken a certain number of animals, the lion divided up the spoils into three portions.

"I'll take the first share because I am the king," he said.

"The second share will be mine because I have been your partner in the chase," he said.

"As for the third share, he said to the wild ass, "this share will be a great source of harm to you, believe me, if you do not yield it up to me. And, by the way, get lost!"

It is suitable always to calculate your own strength, and not to enter into an alliance with people stronger than yourself.
- Aesop's Fables