Aphorisms

"Hell, there are no rules here -- we're trying to accomplish something".
-Thomas Alva Edison
WARNING: I am trying to accomplish a four in this homework, things can get messy. 
As I was searching aphorisms for this assignment I read this quote and I though it was perfect for me. The thing that was a catch for me was that I loved Machiavelli's philosophy of "the end justifies the means". I do follow this philosophy but not to its extremes, by extremes I mean illegal stuff, but sometimes a little autocratic is fine for me. I also follow this quote by never giving up. I am the type of chess player that when he only has the king vs. the guy that has every single pawn, doesn't give up. I will try to win, even though by that moment I know the greatest thing I can achieve is a tie. This quote is also very interesting if you see it from the point of view of the author, Thomas Alva Edison, the creator of the light bulb. We know he was a great inventor but we also know he played dirty. Nikola Tesla was his greatest competitor and we always see him doing nasty things to him. I would not call myself nasty, I would call myself autocratic. Did I get a 4? If not I will stay to opportunity days to improve my grade. If I still dont get a four I will go and have a godfather style talk with my teacher.