"He is a bad character," answered the Abbé, "who gains his livelihood by saying evil of all plays and of all books. He hates whatever succeeds, as the eunuchs hate those who enjoy; he is one of the serpents of literature who nourish themselves on dirt and spite; he is a folliculaire." "What is a folliculaire?" said Candide. "It is," said the Abbé, "a pamphleteer—a Fréron."
