You had to deal every day with people who were foolish and lazy and un…

Terry Pratchett
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You had to deal every day with people who were foolish and lazy and untruthful and downright unpleasant, and you could certainly end up thinking that the world would be considerably improved if you gave them a slap. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2008). Wintersmith: (Discworld Novel 35), p.59, Random House
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You had to deal every day with people who were foolish and lazy and untruthful and downright unpleasant, and you could certainly end up thinking that the world would be considerably improved if you gave them a slap. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2008). Wintersmith: (Discworld Novel 35), p.59, Random House

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