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In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 y

In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character there was nothing particularly new about this – death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper. – Terry Pratchett

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It seems sensible to me that we should look to the medical profession, that over the centuries has helped us to live longer and healthier lives, to help us die peacefully among our loved ones in our own home without a long stay in Gods waiting room. – Terry Pratchett

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I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish whether we have a policy of life at any cost. – Terry Pratchett

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Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate good is always the product of an art. – Charles Baudelaire

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Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth. – Publilius Syrus

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Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. – John Ruskin

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Education is the art of making man ethical. – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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