It was possibly the most circumspect advance in the history of military maneuvers, right down at the bottom end of the scale that things like the Charge of the Light Brigade are at the top of.

The universe, they said, depended for its operation on the balance of four forces which they identified as charm, persuasion, uncertainty and bloody-mindedness.

The female mind is certainly a devious one, my lord." Vetinari looked at his secretary in surprise. "Well, of course it is. It has to deal with the male one.

"It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever" he said. "Have you thought of going into teaching?"

People aren't just people, they are people surrounded by circumstances.

But I think you have a right to know what it is you’re not being told.

Man just went past with a cat on his head.