About This Quote
Voltaire, the French writer and statesman, said in his letter to his sister, “I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it." This is a great example of how a person can have no respect for others and still be very successful. In the case of Voltaire, he admired the way that another man had mocked another's beliefs and yet was still able to get along with people who disagreed with him.
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