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> [Poetic 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/poetic-simile-was-strictly-limited-to-statements-like-his-mighty/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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> [The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign of Olaf Quimby II as Patrician of Ankh-Morpork some legislation was passed in a determined attempt to put a stop to this sort of thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-point-is-that-descriptive-writing-is-very-rarely-entirely/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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