Voltaire: "in this country, it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, in order to encourage the others". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byng#Honorif

Voltaire: "in this country, it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, in order to encourage the others". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byng#Honorific_eponyms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byng#Honorific_eponyms