An education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.
It could not be happening because this sort of thing did not happen. Any contradictory evidence could be safely ignored.
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
"I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?" Death thought about it. "Cats," he said eventually. "Cats are nice."
For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks.
Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think.
Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate...
The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive the rocks to take the citadel. This is essentially the basis of all military thinking.
It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.
[The pamphlet] was very patriotic. That is, it talked about killing foreigners.