Terry Pratchett Quotes About History

Quotes about: History

• Most armies are in fact run by their sergeants - the officers are there just to give things a bit of tone and prevent warfare becoming a mere lower-class brawl.

  Terry Pratchett

  Running, Army, Class

  Terry Pratchett (2009). “The Carpet People”, p.148, Random House

• It was possibly the most circumspect advance in the history of military maneuvers, right down at the bottom end of the scale that things like the Charge of the Light Brigade are at the top of.

  Terry Pratchett

  Military, Light, History

  "Guards! Guards!". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1989.

• The Battle of Koom Valley is the only one known to history where both sides ambushed each other.

  Terry Pratchett

  History, Battle, Sides

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Men At Arms: (Discworld Novel 15)”, p.54, Random House

• Around it are those countries which, according to History, constitute the civilised world ie, a world that can support historians

  Terry Pratchett

  Country, History, Support

• Now that their long war was over, they could get on with the proper concern of all civilised nations, which is to prepare for the next one.

  Terry Pratchett

  War, Long, History

• History always has a few tricks up its frayed sleeve. It's been around a long time.

  Terry Pratchett

  Long, History, Tricks

  Terry Pratchett (2012). “The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld”, p.34, Harper Collins

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