--- title: "9 Young man Quotes By Terry Pratchett" description: "9 Young man quotes by Terry Pratchett. Plus more from Terry Pratchett and more Young man sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/terry-pratchett-19_men_and-sin-young-man-is-when-you-treat-peop_1975625.jpg" --- > [And sin, young man, is when you treat people like things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/and-sin-young-man-is-when-you-treat-people-like-things/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/terry-pratchett-19_men_and-sin-young-man-is-when-you-treat-peop_1975625.jpg) > [“Sin, young man, is when you treat people like things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/sin-young-man-is-when-you-treat-people-like-things-including-yourself/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/893/terry-pratchett-19_granny-weatherwax_sin-young-man-is-when-you-treat-people-l_594551.jpg) > [Young man, the games we play are lessons we learn. The assumptions we make, things we ignore, and things we change make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/young-man-the-games-we-play-are-lessons-we-learn-the-assumptions-we/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/terry-pratchett-19_assumption_young-man-the-games-we-play-are-lessons_2265016.jpg) > [“She turned. A young man of godlike proportions\* was standing in the doorway. \*The better class of gods, anyway. Not the ones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/she-turned-a-young-man-of-godlike-proportions-was-standing-in-the/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/182/terry-pratchett-19_young-man_she-turned-a-young-man-of-godlike-propor_894122.jpg) > [“A young man of godlilke proportions\* was standing in the doorway. \* The better class of gods, anyway. Not the ones with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/a-young-man-of-godlilke-proportions-was-standing-in-the-doorway-the/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/terry-pratchett-19_humor_a-young-man-of-godlilke-proportions-was_850617.jpg) > [“After all, my young Dodger, what exactly are you? A stalwart young man, plucky and brave and apparently without fear? Or, possibly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/after-all-my-young-dodger-what-exactly-are-you-a-stalwart-young-man/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/terry-pratchett-19_animals_after-all-my-young-dodger-what-exactly-a_446947.jpg) > [“Farther down the riverbank sat a young man dressed all in white. He was the only person in sight. His hair was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/farther-down-the-riverbank-sat-a-young-man-dressed-all-in-white-he/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/terry-pratchett-19_drug-abuse_farther-down-the-riverbank-sat-a-young-m_2188812.jpg) > [“There’s no greys, only white that’s got grubby. I’m surprised you don’t know that. And sin, young man, is when you treat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/there-s-no-greys-only-white-that-s-got-grubby-i-m-surprised-you-don-t/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f3/terry-pratchett-19_complicated_there-s-no-greys-only-white-that-s-got-g_3223296.jpg) > [“Now pull back briefly from the dripping streets of Ankh-Morpork, pan across the morning mists of the Disc, and focus in again…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/now-pull-back-briefly-from-the-dripping-streets-of-ankh-morpork-pan/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e6/terry-pratchett-19_morning-mist_now-pull-back-briefly-from-the-dripping_1586699.jpg) ## Other authors on Young man ## More by Terry Pratchett > [“This one’s mental.’ ‘Eccentric.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘A bag of cash.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/this-one-s-mental-eccentric-what-s-the-difference-a-bag-of-cash/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“But I did not return until half past four this morning and I distinctly remember stubbing my toe on the stairs. I am as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/but-i-did-not-return-until-half-past-four-this-morning-and-i/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-universe-contains-any-amount-of-horrible-ways-to-be-woken-up-such/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/someone-broke-from-the-scrum-and-punching-and-kicking-staggered/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they started with. Much family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/it-s-an-interesting-fact-that-fewer-than-17-of-real-cats-end-their/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [You can't trust folk songs. They always sneak up on you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/you-can-t-trust-folk-songs-they-always-sneak-up-on-you/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/either-dragons-should-exist-completely-or-fail-to-exist-at-all-he/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/magrat-wondered-what-it-was-like-spending-your-whole-life-doing/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/a-hardback-s-harder-at-christmas-time-because-that-s-a-good-hardback/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/there-were-more-old-people-the-world-was-full-of-them-said-the-wizard/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“Hobson was big and heavyset, but not exactly fat; he was probably what you’d get if you shaved a bear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/hobson-was-big-and-heavyset-but-not-exactly-fat-he-was-probably-what/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“There is a night that never comes to an end… The clock of the world turns under its own shadow. Midnight is a moving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/there-is-a-night-that-never-comes-to-an-end-the-clock-of-the-world/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“You'd like Freedom, Truth, and Justice, wouldn't you, Comrade Sergeant?' said Reg encouragingly. 'I'd like a hard-boiled egg,' said Vimes, shaking the match out.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/you-d-like-freedom-truth-and-justice-wouldn-t-you-comrade-sergeant/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“You are not apprehensive, are you? I can't detect no trace of fear none whatsoever Roomy cranium all possible videos of all possible outcomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/you-are-not-apprehensive-are-you-i-can-t-detect-no-trace-of-fear-none/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [Imagination, not intelligence, made us human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/imagination-not-intelligence-made-us-human/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/young-man/terry-pratchett/#itemlist", "name": "9 Young man Quotes By Terry Pratchett", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And sin, young man, is when you treat people like things.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/and-sin-young-man-is-when-you-treat-people-like-things/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/terry-pratchett-19_men_and-sin-young-man-is-when-you-treat-peop_1975625.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/terry-pratchett-19_men_and-sin-young-man-is-when-you-treat-peop_1975625.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/terry-pratchett-19_men_and-sin-young-man-is-when-you-treat-peop_1975625.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And sin, young man, is when you treat people like things.” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Sin, young man, is when you treat people like things. 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