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Men 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.
- What you of the CHOAM directorate seem unable to understand is that you seldom find real loyalties in commerce ... Men must want to do…
- 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.
- Most men go through life unchallenged, except at the final moment.
- 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.…
- Leto turned a hard stare at Kynes. And Kynes, returning the stare, found himself troubled by a fact he had observed here: This Duke was…
- 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.
- When I need to identify rebels, I look for men with principles
- Much that was called religion has carried an unconscious attitude of hostility toward life. True religion must teach that life is filled with joys pleasing…
- Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines…
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- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
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