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The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.

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There is only one true wealth in all the universe--living time.

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Then are there no rules at all, Lord?” Moneo's voice conveyed a faint hint of hysteria.Leto smiled to ease the man's tensions. “Perhaps one. Short–ter...more

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Every civilization depends on the quality of the individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to grea...more

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Schools were started to train human talents... The Guild... emphasizes almost pure mathematics. Bene Gesserit performs... politics. The original Bene ...more

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There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.

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A ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel... he must lay the best coffee hearth to attract the finest men... a good ruler has to learn his worl...more

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The flesh surrenders itself. Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love ...more

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We have a disturbed relationship with our past which religion cannot explain. We are primitive in unexplainable ways, our lives woven of the familiar ...more