"He reached the Watch House. It was an ancient and surprisingly large building, wedged between a tannery and a tailor who made suspicious leather goods. It must have been quite imposing once, but quite a lot of it was now uninhabitable and patrolled only by owls and rats. Over the door a motto in the ancient tongue of the city was now almost eroded by time and grime and lichen, but could just be made out: FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC. It translated — according to Sergeant Colon, who had served in foreign parts and considered himself an expert on languages — as ‘To Protect and to Serve’."
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Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett (via jiggit)
I remember the first day I actually realised what the motto said. I died laughing, and then was very confused why Pterry insisted that Vimes wasn’t Clint Eastwoody :D
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Not enough Discworld on my dash. Or just in general.
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