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Personally, I think the best motto for an educational establishment is: 'Or Would You Rather Be a Mule?'

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I regarded finding I had a form of Alzheimer's as an insult and decided to do my best to marshal any kind of forces I could against this wretched dise...more

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Knowing that you are going to die is, I suspect, the beginning of wisdom.

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It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.

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Previous generations understood about death, and undoubtedly would have seen a reasonable amount of death. Once you get into the Victorian era, you mi...more

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Being an absolute ruler today was not as simple as people thought. At least, it was not simple if your ambitions included being an absolute ruler tomo...more

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Once you were in the hands of a Grand Vizier, you were dead. Grand Viziers were always scheming megalomaniacs. It was probably in the job description:...more

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Is that all, sir? Only we've got stuff to finish before our knocking-off time, you see, and if we stay late we have to make more money to pay our over...more

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Anyway, why would you trust anything written down? She certainly didn't trust "Mothers of Borogravia!" and that was from the government. And if you co...more

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Vimes had once discussed the Ephebian idea of ‘democracy’ with Carrot, and had been rather interested in the idea that everyone had a vote until he fo...more

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I believe the term is ‘eminent domain.’Ah, yes. That means ‘theft by the government,