Any wizard bright enough to survive for five minutes was also bright e…

Terry Pratchett
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Any wizard bright enough to survive for five minutes was also bright enough to realize that if there was any power in demonology, then it lay with the demons. Using it for your own purposes would be like trying to beat mice to death with a rattlesnake. ✨ Eric. Book by Terry Pratchett, 1990.
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Any wizard bright enough to survive for five minutes was also bright enough to realize that if there was any power in demonology, then it lay with the demons. Using it for your own purposes would be like trying to beat mice to death with a rattlesnake. ✨ Eric. Book by Terry Pratchett, 1990.

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