The Yen Buddhists are the richest religious sect in the universe. They hold that the accumulation of money is a great evil and a burden to the soul. They therefore, regardless of personal hazard, see it as their unpleasant duty to acquire as much as possible in order to reduce the risk to innocent people.
Terry PratchettStichwörter: humor money religion
Then Carrot said, "It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness, captain. That's what they say."
"What?" Vimes' sudden rage was like a thunderclap. "Who says that? When has that ever been true? It's never been true! It's the kind of thing people without power say to make it all seem less bloody awful, but it's just words, it never makes any difference -
Stichwörter: quotes irony-of-life
Теперь я понимаю, что имел в виду капитан, – подумал он. – Ничего удивительного, что он, начав думать, потом каждый раз обязательно напивается. Мы проигрываем, не успев даже начать. Враг может не беспокоиться, сражений не будет. Дайте жителю Анк-Морпорка дубинку, и кончится тем, что он забьет себя до смерти.
Terry PratchettI'm sure it's all journalism [...] It means it's true enough for now.
Terry PratchettStichwörter: news journalism discworld newspapers
News is unusual things happening— And usual things happening [...] But news is mainly what someone somewhere doesn't want you to put in the paper— Except that sometimes it isn't [...] News, [...] all depends. But you'll know it when you see it.
Terry PratchettStichwörter: news discworld newspapers
You know zat another term for an iconographer would be ‘photographer’? From the old word ‘photus’ in Latation, vhich means—”
“‘To prance around like an idiot ordering everyone about as if you owned the place,’” said William.
“Ah, you know it!
Stichwörter: discworld photographer
‘Yes, but humans are more important than animals,’ said Brutha.
‘This is a point of view often expressed by humans,’ said Om.
Truth is female, since truth is beauty rather than handsomeness; this, Ridcully reflected as the council grumbled in, would certainly explain the saying that a lie could run around the world before Truth has got its, correction, her boots on, since she would have to choose which pair - the idea that any woman in a position to choose would have just one pair of boots being beyond rational belief.
Indeed, as a goddess she would have lots of shoes, and thus many choices: comfy shoes for home truths, hobnail boots for unpleasant truths, simple clogs for universal truths and possibly some kind of slipper for self-evident truth.
More important right now was what kind of truth he was going to have to impart to his colleagues, and he decided not on the whole truth, but instead on nothing but the truth, which dispensed with the need for honesty.
He'd wanted changes. It was just that he'd wanted things to stay the same, as well.
Terry PratchettStichwörter: change
... drink levels all mankind. It is the ultimate democrat
Terry PratchettStichwörter: democracy cynicism drinking alcohol
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