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?”
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?”
Very witty! At least he didn't convert to Christianity as Oscar Wilde was said to have done.
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