Showing posts with label Voltaire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Voltaire. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Final Words of Voltaire

Listening to an old recording of the weird and wonderful Kenneth Williams, he tells the story of Voltaire on his death-bed. The priest called in to give the last rites and sacrament asks Voltaire to renounce the devil. Voltaire is alleged to have responded “isn´t it a bit late in the day to start making enemies?”