The Ephebians made wine out of anything they could put in a bucket, and ate anything that couldn't climb out of one. 
     -- (Terry Pratchett, Pyramids) 

Ephebe is reliant on slaves and give them such good working conditions that freedom is viewed as a punishment. The city is governed by a Tyrant who is elected on the basis that a country should be ruled by someone nobody likes and also the in five years he will be an ordinary citizen with no guards... 
   The palace is surrounded by a large labyrinth built by their suspicious ancestors. The many traps are kept well greased and primed purely out of  respect for tradition. 

The labyrinth of Ephebe is ancient and full of one hundred and one amazing things you can do with hidden springs, razor-sharp knives, and falling rocks. 
    -- (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods) 

Philosophers "What's a philosopher ?" said Brutha. 
"Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting," said a voice in his head. 
     -- (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods) 
Philosophers are strange individuals with a tendency to run down the street with no clothes on shouting "Eureka," which explains why Ephebe attracts them like flies. The question has been frequently asked; "Why ae philosophers tolerated when they make no obvious contribution to the local economy." the reason is best summed up by the god Om when he said: 
"`It's always worth having a few philosophers around the place. One minute it's all Truth Beauty and Beauty is Truth, and Does a Falling Tree Make a Sound if There's No one There to Hear It, and then just when you think they're going to start dribbling one of 'em says, Incidentally, putting a thirty-foot parabolic reflector on a high place to shoot the rays of the sun at an enemy's ship would be a very interesting demonstration of optical principles.`" 
    -- (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods) 
 

Other philosopher related quotes.

 
"I used to think that I was stupid, and then I met philosophers." 
     -- (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods) 

"That's right," he said. "We're philosophers. We think, therefore we am." 
     -- (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods) 

His philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools -- the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans -- and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, "You can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you can do about it, so let's have a drink." 
   -- (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods) 

"Eureka," he said. 
"Going to have a bath then?" 
     --(Terry Pratchett, Small Gods) 

"Are you a philosopher? Where's your sponge?" 
    -- (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods)