“A duke's son MUST know about poisons. It's the way of our times.”
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Frank Herbert
“trinocular vision that permitted him to see time-become-space.
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Frank Herbert
“The real universe is always one step behind logic.”
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Frank Herbert
“They’ve also sent some incidental things—jewelry for the Lady Jessica, spice liquor, candy, medicinals. My men are processing the lot right now.”
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Frank Herbert
“A popular man arouses the jealousy of the powerful.”
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Frank Herbert
“He aspires to rule my Barony, yet he cannot rule himself.”
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Frank Herbert
“When you imagine mistakes, there can be no self-defense.”
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Frank Herbert
“One must always keep the tools of statecraft sharp and ready. Power and fear – sharp and ready.”
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Frank Herbert
“Then came the Butlerian Jihad—two generations of chaos. The god of machine-logic was overthrown among the masses and a new concept was raised: “Man may not be replaced.” Those”
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Frank Herbert
“Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic. —”
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Frank Herbert
“Knowing where the trap is—that's the first step in evading it.”
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Frank Herbert