(From French Wikipedia. Click image for
more about the Théâtre de la Madeleine.*)
For Le Salaud Lumineux ("The Brilliant Bastard"),
a Devil's advocate who reportedly died on August 15—
a quotation from this journal linked to here on that date—
"To me, the most genuine last words are those
that arise naturally from the moment, such as
Voltaire’s response to a request that he forswear
Satan: 'This is no time to make new enemies.' "
— Christopher Orlet, The Vocabula Review
(http://www.vocabula.com/index.asp)
July/August 2002 Issue, as quoted in
Utne Reader
* Le Théâtre de la Madeleine is apparently named for
its proximity to L'Église de la Madeleine .