"Better is the enemy of good", which was popularized by a French Enlightenment writer known of his attacks on what?
Perfect is the enemy of good Perfect is the enemy of good is an aphorism, an English variant of the older "better is the enemy of good", which was popularized by Voltaire in French form. Alternative forms include "the perfect is the enemy of the good", which more closely translate French and earlier Italian sayings, or "[the] perfect is the enemy of [the] good enough". Similar sentiments occur in other phrases, including from English, and are all attested since around 1600.
Charles Porée Charles Porée (4 September 1675 – 11 January 1741) was a French priest, Jesuit, educator, orator, poet and homme de lettres. All his life, Voltaire, who was his pupil, kept a profound reverence for him.