Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert
Frank Patrick Herbert, Jr.was an American science fiction writer best known for the novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he became famous for science fiction, he was also a newspaper journalist, photographer, short story writer, book reviewer, ecological consultant and lecturer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth8 October 1920
CityTacoma, WA
CountryUnited States of America
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This is the fallacy of power: ultimately it is effective only in an absolute, a limited universe. But the basic lesson of our relativistic universe is that things change. Any power must always meet a greater power.
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A popular man arouses the jealousy of the powerful,
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To come under siege was the inevitable fate of power.
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It is not that power corrupts but that power is a magnet to the corruptible.
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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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The basic lesson of our relativistic universe is that things change. Any power must always meet a greater power.
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We never get far from wealth and all of its masks when we deal with power.
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Power tends to isolate those who hold too much of it. Eventually, they lose touch with reality ... and fall.
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Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.
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Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.
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Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.
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To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be.
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Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.
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The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.