"My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride……" — Terry Pratchett
"My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing their bell loudly, the concept of avoiding people being foreign to them."
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1,149 Quotes by Terry Pratchett
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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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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
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Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.
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A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
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Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social…
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