Author of quotes: Terry Pratchett. Page 3

The world consists of four elements: earth, air, fire and water. This fact is well known even to Corporal Nobbs. It's just that it's not true. There is also a fifth element, the so-called Element of Surprise.

- ... No, that's not it at all. Yes, sir, quite sure, because it's a parrot, that's why. You taught him how to bark and wrote PeS on his side, but it's still a parrot...

- So far, they have mastered only one type of transformation: you take a house - you get a deep hole.

“Of course not,” the dog replied. - Dogs can't talk. Are you completely stupid?

“If I were to say something as ominous as ‘dark eyes of the mind’ in Uberwald, there would immediately be a clap of thunder,” Otto explained. - And if you point to a castle or a rock hanging over your head and say: “Here it is, this castle,” a wolf will surely howl in the forest. He sighed. - In an ancient country, the whole area is ist psychotropic. Always know what to expect from her and what not. And here, alas, people look at you like a fool.

I couldn't help noticing that when smart people get together, <...> very stupid thoughts often come to mind.

Fires have always terrified the inhabitants of the city, especially those areas dominated by wood and straw. That is why the townspeople were so unanimously opposed to the creation of a citywide fire brigade, they literally stood firm, because, according to the flawless Ankh-Morpork logic, people who are paid to put out fires will naturally make sure that there is more work.

The gratitude of those who seek power has a very short shelf life. Power seekers prefer to deal with what is, rather than what was.

He received a good upbringing, but does everything to remain a good person.

You can't put brakes on a volcano.

"Well, then I'm better off with shoes," Nobby shrugged. "They'll give you ten pence for them."

I studied in Klatch. They have a lot of innovative ideas in the field of medicine there. For example, they believe that patients should get better as a result of treatment.

People, as a rule, are ready to wait as long as they like for the salvation of their souls, but dinner, please, serve within an hour.

It was so early-early in the morning that "late-late night" wasn't even quite over yet.