"Most of the great triumphs and tragedies of……" — Terry Pratchett
"Most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally evil, but by people being fundamentally people."
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1,149 Quotes by Terry Pratchett
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At least I know I'm bewildered about the really fundamental and important facts of the universe.
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Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended.
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Things have no power that humans don't put there.
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