1694-1778
Voltaire
French writer and wit of the Enlightenment, author of Candide. He spent his life attacking cruelty and fanaticism in plays, stories, letters and verse.
Every line we carry
Each one links to its source, what it means, and the shirt in any of our looks.
- The best is the enemy of the good.
Voltaire passes this on from "a wise Italian." Chasing a perfect version can ruin a good one that already works. Ship the good thing, finish the set, send the email; perfect can come later or not at all.
La Bégueule (1772), lines 1-2, our translation from the French