def quote(text):
    """Quote Discord's MarkDown special characters"""
    return text \
        .replace("\\", "\\\\") \
        .replace("*", "\\*") \
        .replace("`", "\\`") \
        .replace("[", "\\[") \
        .replace("_", "\\_") \
        .replace("~", "\\~") \
        .replace(":", "\\:") \
        .replace("<", "\\<")