Although the scythe isn't pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone…

Terry Pratchett
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Although the scythe isn't pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants' revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsome. ✨ Mort (Discworld, Book 4). Book by Terry Pratchett, November 12, 1987.
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Although the scythe isn't pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants' revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsome. ✨ Mort (Discworld, Book 4). Book by Terry Pratchett, November 12, 1987.

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