<bq author="Voltaire" date="1694-1778"><img attachment="nicolas_de_largillie_re_-_portrait_de_voltaire_(1694-1778)_en_1718_-_p208_-_muse_e_carnavalet_-_5_(cropped).webp" align="right" caption="Nicolas de Largillière (Voltaire)">It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.</bq> <hr> I'd always remembered Eddie Izzard's version, <bq>Someone's killed 100,000 people. We're almost going, "Well done! You killed 100,000 people? <b>You must get up very early in the morning!</b> I can't even get down the gym. Your diary must look odd: 'Get up in the morning, death, death, death, death, death, death, death – lunch – death, death, death – afternoon tea – death, death, death – quick shower …' "</bq>