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Man Quotes by Frank Herbert
- All men seek to be enlightened. Religion is but the most ancient and honorable way in which men have striven to make sense out of…
- When your opponent fears you, then's the moment when you give the fear its own rein, give it the time to work on him. Let…
- It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.
- A popular man arouses the jealousy of the powerful,
- A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating.
- How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.
- The child who refuses to travel in the father's harness, this is the symbol of man's most unique capability. "I do not have to be…
- When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and…
- The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between depriving a man…
- The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him. And he…
- There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man - with human flesh.
- Think on it, Chani: the princess will have the name, yet she'll live as less than a concubine - never to know a moment of…
- A man's flesh is his own; the water belongs to the tribe.
- When he wanted, he could radiate charm and sincerity, but I often wonder in these later days if anything about him was as it seemed.…
- When a wise man does not understand, he says: "I do not understand." The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain…
- Scientists seek the lawfulness of events. It is the task of Religion to fit man into this lawfulness.
- There is in each of us an ancient force that takes and an ancient force that gives. A man finds little difficulty facing that place…
- Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die.
- This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.
More Man Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle