Patrician Quotes

12 quotes by 6 authors

One of the disadvantages of being a patrician is that occasionally you're obliged to act like one — Dalton Trumbo
And when a whirl-winde hath blowne the dust of the Churchyard into the Church, and man sweeps out the dust of the Church into the… — John Donne
PLEBEIAN, n. An ancient Roman who in the blood of his country stained nothing but his hands. Distinguished from the Patrician, who was a saturated… — Ambrose Bierce
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… — Terry Pratchett
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is just perfect in 'Veep.' She gets to show off the spiky claws beneath her patrician finesse. The obvious way to play 'Veep'… — Rob Sheffield
Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician… — Terry Pratchett
You had to hand it to the Patrician, he admitted grudgingly. If you didn't, he sent men to come and take it away. — Terry Pratchett
It was Carrot who'd suggested to the Patrician that hardened criminals should be given the chance to 'serve the community' by redecorating the homes of… — Terry Pratchett
Heâ€™s bound to have done something,â€ Nobby repeated. In this he was echoing the Patricianâ€™s view of crime and punishment. If there was a crime,… — Terry Pratchett
And when the Patrician was unhappy, he became very democratic. He found intricate and painful ways of spreading that unhappiness as far as possible. — Terry Pratchett
Diplomacy has always involved dinners with ruling elites, backroom deals and clandestine meetings. Now, in the digital age, the reports of all those parties and… — Heather Brooke

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