History Quotes by Frank Herbert

Those who would repeat the past must control the teaching of history.

— Frank Herbert

“History is a constant race between invention and catastrophe. Education helps but it’s never enough. You also must run.”

— Frank Herbert

“how inevitable it was that the aristocrat would refuse his final duty—which was to step aside and vanish into history.”

— Frank Herbert

You must learn to rule. It's something none of your ancestors learned

— Frank Herbert

History is a constant race between invention and catastrophe.

— Frank Herbert

In my estimation, more misery has been created by reformers than by any other force in human history.

— Frank Herbert

“We do not teach history; we recreate the experience. We follow the chain of consequences - the tracks of the beast in…

— Frank Herbert

“It is not always the majestic concerns of Imperial ministers which dictate the course of history, nor is it necessarily the pontifications…

— Frank Herbert

“I am a collection of the obsolete, a relic of the damned, of the lost and strayed. I am the waylaid pieces…

— Frank Herbert

Historians exercise great power and some of them know it. They recreate the past, changing it to fit their own interpretations. Thus,…

— Frank Herbert

“There was a man so wise, He jumped into A sandy place And burnt out both his eyes! And when he knew…

— Frank Herbert

“I am a collection of the obsolete, a relic of the damned, of the lost and strayed. I am the waylaid pieces…

— Frank Herbert

“All of history is a malleable instrument in my hands. Ohhh, I have accumulated all of these pasts and I possess every…

— Frank Herbert

The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events.

— Frank Herbert

“I will tell you this only once. Homosexuals have been among the best warriors in our history, the berserkers of last resort.…

— Frank Herbert

These are illusions of popular history which successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty…

— Frank Herbert

Think on it, Chani: the princess will have the name, yet she'll live as less than a concubine - never to know…

— Frank Herbert

The gravest error a thinking person can make is to believe that one particular version of history is absolute fact. History is…

— Frank Herbert

“I didn't want to be different. I wanted to be able to laugh But I'm sister to an Emperor who's worshiped as…

— Frank Herbert