• DownByLaw@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    How can you be so sure this is a Pratchett quote? The same phrasing and paraphrased versions were used by so many people. From Hemingway to Marcus Aurelius and I think even further back to ancient Egypt. I’m always baffled when people so easily and confidently state things as fact, like you…

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      1 month ago

      I was actually the first one to say it thousands of years ago. Pleased to meet you. Hope you guessed my name.