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Frank Herbert
Age: 65 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 8
Died: 1986
Died: February 11
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Photographer
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Tacoma
Washington
Frank Patrick Herbert
Franklin Patrick Herbert
Franklin Herbert
Franklin Patrick Herbert
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Charged
Lows
Voice
Adjectives
Unspeakable

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If we deny emotion, we lose all touch with our internal universe.
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Revenge is for children and the emotionally retarded.
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Radicals are only to be feared when you try to suppress them. You must demonstrate that you will use the best of what they offer.
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Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.
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The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action in mind.
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The scarce water of Dune is an exact analog of oil scarcity. CHOAM is OPEC.
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There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin.
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. . . is to attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing Darkness. It cannot be.
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The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events.
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We faced it and did not resist. The storm passed through us and around us. It's gone, but we remain.
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We never get far from wealth and all of its masks when we deal with power.
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Caution is the path to mediocrity.
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Truth suffers from too much analysis.
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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 of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. You have done violence to him, consumed his energy.
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To be a god can ultimately become boring and degrading. There'd be reason enough for the invention of free will! A god might wish to escape into sleep and be alive only in the unconscious projections of his dream-creatures.
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No more terrible disaster could befall your people than for them to fall into the hands of a Hero.
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Words themselves were the ultimate barrier to revelation.
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