“The anthropologists got it wrong when they named our species Homo sapiens ('wise man'). In any case it's an arrogant and bigheaded… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Clever isn't the same as sensible," said Susan, "and they do say that if you wish to walk the path to wisdom… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“where actual evidence had been a bit sparse he had, in the best traditions of the keen ethnic historian, inferred from revealed… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The path to wisdom does, in fact, begin with a single step. Where people go wrong is in ignoring all the thousands… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Real education happens when you pick up a fact here, and another fact there, and put them together and get an insight. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Earwig said the village women know what to do,” said Annagramma hopefully. “She says to trust in their peasant wisdom.” “Well,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Knowing that you are going to die is, I suspect, the beginning of wisdom. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“He knew from experience that true and obvious ideas, such as the ineffable wisdom and judgment of the Great God Om, seemed… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“... the damned had been given that insight which makes hardship so easy to bear — the absolute and certain knowledge that… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I've been following the noble profession of hermiting here for nigh on fifty-seven years, practising piety, sobriety, celibacy and the pursuit of… — terry pratchett Copy Share Image
“Do you understand what I'm saying?" shouted Moist. "You can't just go around killing people!" "Why Not? You Do." The golem lowered… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
By the time you've reached your sixties, you do know that one day you will die, and knowing that is at least… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Because that was the point, wasn’t it? You had to choose. You might be right, you might be wrong but you had… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“No naked little men sat on the summit dispensing wisdom, because the first thing the truly wise man works out is that… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Too many people, when listing all the perils to be found in the search for lost treasure or ancient wisdom, had forgotten… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“And Dil was realizing that there are few things that so shake belief as seeing, clearly and precisely, the object of that… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“This one’s mental.’ ‘Eccentric.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘A bag of cash.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“But I did not return until half past four this morning and I distinctly remember stubbing my toe on the stairs. I am as… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Someone broke from the scrum and, punching and kicking, staggered towards the Klatchian goal. "Isn't that man your butler?" said Ahmed. "Yes." "One of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they started with. Much family… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Magrat wondered what it was like, spending your whole life doing something you didn’t want to do. Like being dead, she considered, only worse,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There were more old people. The world was full of them,' said the wizard. 'Yes, I know. And now it's full of young people.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Hobson was big and heavyset, but not exactly fat; he was probably what you’d get if you shaved a bear.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There is a night that never comes to an end.... The clock of the world turns under its own shadow. Midnight is a moving… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
