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Them Quotes by Frank Herbert
- 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…
- All proofs inevitably lead to propositions which have no proof! All things are known because we want to believe in them.
- The mistakes (of leaders) are amplified by the numbers who follow them without question. Charismatic leaders tend to build up followings, power structures and these…
- When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability, and gathering speed in their forward charge, they fail to…
- Every civilization depends on the quality of the individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness-they cannot work and…
- I hear the wind blowing across the desert and I see the moons of a winter night rising like great ships in the void. To…
- I'm the well-trained fruit tree. Full of well-trained feelings and abilities and all of them grafted onto me
- What you of the CHOAM directorate seem unable to understand is that you seldom find real loyalties in commerce ... Men must want to do…
- Confine yourself to observing and you always miss the point of your life. The object can be stated this way: Live the best life you…
- A person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing you to grow. Without them, it sleeps- seldom to awaken. The sleeper must awaken.
- ... motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches.
- I am like a person whose hands were kept numb, without sensation from the first moment of awareness - until one day the ability to…
- A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
- 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…
- I don’t think it’s quite that simple. Some people never observe anything, Life just happens to them. They get by on little more than a…
- 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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- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle