Tell someone you are going to rob them and all that will happen is that you'll get a reputation as a truthful man.
Terry PratchettYou've got a lot of time for abstract thought when you've got your hand stuck up a dead badger.
Terry PratchettPoetic simile was strictly limited to statements like 'his mighty steed was as fleet as the wind on a fairly calm day, say about Force Three,' and any loose talk about a beloved having a face that launched a thousand ships would have to be backed by evidence that the object of desire did indeed look like a bottle of champagne.
Terry Pratchett