Rather than prolonging an exercise in futility, Voltaire’s advice remains àpropos today as it did in the 18th century: I took care not to dispute anything he said, for there’s no arguing with an Enthusiast. Better not take it into one’s head to tell a lover the faults of his mistress, or a litigant the weakness of his cause — or to talk sense to a fanatic. And so I went on to other questions.”
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