Frank Herbert: Frasi in inglese

Frank Herbert era scrittore di fantascienza. Frasi in inglese.
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“My father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. 'Something cannot emerge from nothing,' he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable 'the truth' can be.”

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Frank Herbert libro Dune

Origine: Dune

“If you need something to worship, then worship life - all life, every last crawling bit of it! We're all in this beauty together!”

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Frank Herbert libro Messia di Dune

Origine: Dune Messiah

“Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.”

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Frank Herbert libro Dune

Origine: Dune

“The truth always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it.”

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Frank Herbert libro God Emperor of Dune

Origine: God Emperor of Dune

“What do such machines really do? They increase the number of things we can do without thinking. Things we do without thinking-there’s the real danger.”

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“The surest way to keep a secret is to make someone think they already know the answer.”

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Frank Herbert libro Gli eretici di Dune

Origine: Heretics of Dune

“What does a mirror look at?”

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Frank Herbert libro La rifondazione di Dune

Origine: Chapterhouse: Dune

“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 to enslave them.”

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Frank Herbert libro Dune

Origine: Dune

“One learns from books and example only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things.”

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Frank Herbert libro I figli di Dune

Origine: Children of Dune

“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 silent when a question could bring them wisdom.”

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Frank Herbert libro The Godmakers

Origine: The Godmakers (1972)

“A killer with the manners of a rabbit - this is the most dangerous kind.”

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Frank Herbert libro Dune

Origine: Dune

“To know a thing well, know it's limits; Only when pushed beyond it's tolerance will it's true nature be seen.
-The Amtal Rule”

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Frank Herbert libro I figli di Dune

Origine: Children of Dune

“How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.”

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Frank Herbert libro Dune

Origine: Dune

“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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Frank Herbert libro Dune

Origine: Dune

“Here lies a toppled god.
His fall was not a small one.
We did but build his pedestal,
A narrow and a tall one.”

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Frank Herbert libro Messia di Dune

Origine: Dune Messiah