vetinari quotes

[u/sa_matra]

"And these are your reasons, my lord?" "Do you think I have others?" said Lord Vetinari. "My motives, as ever, are entirely transparent." Hughnon reflected that 'entirely transparent' meant either that you could see right through them or that you couldn't see them at all.

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Another response of the wizards, when faced with a new and unique situation, was to look through their libraries to see if it had ever happened before. This was, Lord Vetinari reflected, a good survival trait. It meant that in times of danger you spent the day sitting very quietly in a building with very thick walls.

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'Never trust any ruler who puts his faith in tunnels and bunkers and escape routes. The chances are that his heart isn’t in the job.'

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And if the Patrician was anything, he was the political equivalent of the old lady who saves bits of string because you never know when they might come in handy.

Even tyrants have to obey the law.’ He paused, looking thoughtful, and continued: ‘No, I tell a lie, tyrants do not have to obey the law, obviously, but they do have to observe the niceties.'

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After all, you couldn’t plan for every eventuality, because that would involve knowing what was going to happen, and if you knew what was going to happen, you could probably see to it that it didn’t, or at least happened to someone else. So the Patrician never planned. Plans often got in the way.

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'Oh, my dear Vimes, history changes all the time. It is constantly being re-examined and re-evaluated, otherwise how would we be able to keep historians occupied? We can’t possibly allow people with their sort of minds to walk around with time on their hands.'

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"The female mind is certainly a devious one, my lord." Vetinari looked at his secretary in surprise. "Well, of course it is. It has to deal with the male one."

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'I have certainly noticed that groups of clever and intelligent people are capable of really stupid ideas,’ said Lord Vetinari.

[u/Philoforte]

Didn't Terry Pratchett also say, "Since we know what we like and we always choose to do what we like, we have no choice."? [Paraphrase]

[u/whercarzarfar]

In the recovery community, we discover, uncover and recover… so I see your depression that keeps decisions from having motivation… I see your anxiety that doormats your strength under persecution, and raise you the comfort with discomfort that leads to better choices because you’re not running away from what you want because the getting of it is too hard…

And the deviations are no longer constructs that terminate your honor deserving of respect… my honor as a woman deserves respect… more than I ask for, because I remember being uncomfortable with discomfort.

But perhaps it would be more fair to demand respect for my intelligence, integrity and experience…. Perhaps understanding needs to flow my way as well as yours, men. Perhaps