I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.

J'ai toujours fait une prière à Dieu, qui est fort courte. La voici: Mon Dieu, rendez nos ennemis bien ridicules! Dieu m'a exaucé.

Voltaire

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Enemies

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Voltaire

Medium

Letter

Language

French

Time

1767 1760s 18th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Voltaire. Letter to Etienne Noel Damilaville. 16 May 1767.

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All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.

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Original Citation

Voltaire. Candide, ou l'Optimisme [Candide: or, All for the Best]. Geneva: Gabriel Cramer, 1759, ch. 1.

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Another quote from the 1760s

The first step is the hardest.

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Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond
Language
French
Time
1763 1760s 18th century
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Another quote about Enemies

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Kautilya

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Friends and enemies Friends Enemies Allies

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Kautilya
Source
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Genre
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Language
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Time
300 BC 300s BC 4th century BC
Authentication Score 0
Original Citation

Kautilya. Arthashastra. R. Shamasastry, 1909, bk. 6, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Kautilya. Arthashastra. India Penguin Classics, 2000, bk. 6, ch. 2.

Another quote originally in French

Theory of the true civilization.
It is not to be found in gas or steam or table turning, It consists in the diminution of the traces of original sin.

Charles Baudelaire

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Civilization

Author

Charles Baudelaire
Language
French
Time
1867 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. Mon Coeur mis a nu [My Naked Heart]. Paris, 1887, no. 58.

Current Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. "My Heart Laid Bare." Late Fragments: Flares, My Heart Laid Bare, Prose Poems, Belgium Disrobed, translated by Richard Sieburth. Yale University Press, 2022, no. 58.