The duke had a mind that ticked like a clock and, like a clock, it regularly went cuckoo.
Tag: Terry Pratchett
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No. Men should die for lies. But the truth is too precious to die for.
He says gods like to see an atheist around. Gives them something to aim at.
When the least they could do to you was everything, then the most they could do to you suddenly held no terror.
A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.
One of the universal rules of happiness is: always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.
For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks.
Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street- cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have been founded on a lack of understanding of this simple fact.