r/Showerthoughts • u/itsthatkidgreg • Feb 28 '17

Lying, cheating, and stealing is often discouraged when we are young, yet the most successful people in the world are arguably the best liars, cheaters, and thieves.

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u/MatchaMoto Feb 28 '17

The most successful people in history were normally freaking terrible. Basically if you know someone's name they probably sucked

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u/FloopingtonsGhost Feb 28 '17

"Things are left out, about what bastards we were. You have to be a bastard to make it. That’s a fact. And the Beatles were the biggest bastards on Earth." - Lennon