“No one deserves to live who has not at least one good-man-and-true for a friend.”
Democritus Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
“Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die.”
— Frank Herbert, book Dune
Source: Dune
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