The adjective is the enemy of the substantive.

— Voltaire Disputed

L'adjectif est l'ennemi du substantif.

Original text (French)

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Quote attributed in Arthur Schopenhauer (translated by Mrs Rudolf Dircks), Essays of Schopenhauer (2004), Kessinger Publishing, p. 31

The adjective is the enemy of the noun.

Dictionnaire philosophique portatif (1764)

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