Most gods find it hard to walk and think at the same time.

But ye gotta know where ye're just gonna rush in. Ye cannae just rush in anywhere. It looks bad, havin' to rush oout again straight awa'.

Corporal Nobbs had been disqualified from the human race for shoving

Although the scythe isn't pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants' revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsome.

Always remember that the crowd that applauds your coronation is the same crowd that will applaud your beheading. People like a show.

I used to think that I was stupid, and then I met philosophers.

Granny Weatherwax was firmly against fiction. Life was hard enough without lies floating around and changing the way people thought.