" What shall we do?” said Twoflower.

“Panic?” said Rincewind hopefully. He always held that panic was the best means of survival; back in the olden days, his theory went, people faced with hungry saber-toothed tigers could be divided very simply into those who panicked and those who stood there saying
“What a magnificent brute!” and “Here, pussy. "

― Terry Pratchett , The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2; Rincewind #2)