Flaubert said ‘You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies,’ while Voltaire, asked to renounce the devil on his deathbed, said ‘This is not the time for making new enemies.’
First prize P. and J. Chamberlain, Rushden, Northants
Runners-up Tony Hankey, London W4; Willie Hamilton, Exeter
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