Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City
K.J. Parker
Top 10 Best Quotes
“I rarely ask for suggestions, because, when I do, people tend to make them.”
“I like to let them talk things out, but fact isn’t a democratic process; if a thing isn’t true it isn’t true, even if everybody votes that it is.”
“Of the people, by the people, for the people. I can’t remember offhand where that quote comes from; it was something to do with some bunch of wild-eyed idealists overthrowing the tyrant so they could become tyrants themselves. No good will have come of it, you can be sure. The people; God help us.”
“A wise man once said, it’s not the despair that destroys you, it’s the hope.”
“I mention this because that’s how the world changes. It’s either so quick that we never know what hit us, or so gradual that we don’t notice.”
“wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it.”
“How can anyone doubt the existence of God when evidence of His sense of humour surrounds us on all sides?”
“If there’s one truth in this life, it’s that you simply can’t win. The most you can achieve is to make a nuisance of yourself, for a very short time.”
“Being, in my own small way, a part of Authority, it never ceases to amaze me how much people believe in it and trust it. I see it from the inside, of course—inefficiencies, stupidities, corruption, bloody-minded ignorance and simple lack of resources to cope with the magnitude of the endless, ever-multiplying problems. But other people see it from the outside. They see the Land Walls. They see the emperor’s head on the coins, with Victory on the reverse. They see the temples. They see soldiers in shining armour. They see, and they believe, that the empire is big, strong, wise, unbeatable.”
“I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it.”
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Book Keywords:
luck, providence
