Terry Pratchett Quotes About History
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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.
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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.
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Around it are those countries which, according to History, constitute the civilised world ie, a world that can support historians
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The Battle of Koom Valley is the only one known to history where both sides ambushed each other.
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History always has a few tricks up its frayed sleeve. It's been around a long time.
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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.
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