We who think we are about to die will laugh at anything.

Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author

Discworld No. 29, Night Watch (2002)
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Internal monologue of Sam Vimes. Vimes is riffing off of the anecdotal gladiator salute to the Roman emperor, "We who are about to die salute you [morituri te salutamus]."