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Candide Quotes: "I read only to please myself, and enjoy only what suits my taste."

I read only to please myself, and enjoy only what suits my taste.



Candide Quotes: "What! Have you no monks to teach, to dispute, to govern, to intrigue and to burn people who do not agree with them?"

What! Have you no monks to teach, to dispute, to govern, to intrigue and to burn people who do not agree with them?




Candide Quotes: "Optimism," said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst."

Optimism," said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst.



Candide Quotes: "It is love; love, the comfort of the human species, the preserver of the universe, the soul of all sentient beings, love, tender love."

It is love; love, the comfort of the human species, the preserver of the universe, the soul of all sentient beings, love, tender love.




Candide Quotes: "I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains."

I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains.



Candide Quotes: ""You're a bitter man," said Candide. "That's because I've lived," said Martin."

"You're a bitter man," said Candide. "That's because I've lived," said Martin.



Candide Quotes: "But for what purpose was the earth formed?" asked Candide. "To drive us mad," replied Martin."

But for what purpose was the earth formed?" asked Candide. "To drive us mad," replied Martin.




Candide Quotes: "What a pessimist you are!" exclaimed Candide. "That is because I know what life is," said Martin."

What a pessimist you are!" exclaimed Candide. "That is because I know what life is," said Martin.



Candide Quotes: "It's a book that makes me laugh and think - it would be very hard to like someone who didn't enjoy Candide!"

It's a book that makes me laugh and think - it would be very hard to like someone who didn't enjoy Candide!



Candide Quotes: "Rereading Candide, I was struck by the link between optimism and the optimal, the idea that we have been placed in this optimal world rather than some other."

Rereading Candide, I was struck by the link between optimism and the optimal, the idea that we have been placed in this optimal world rather than some other.



Candide Quotes: "Excellently observed", answered Candide; "but let us cultivate our garden."

Excellently observed", answered Candide; "but let us cultivate our garden.



Candide Quotes: "Candide is one of those books I read when I was young and that I come back to regularly."

Candide is one of those books I read when I was young and that I come back to regularly.




Candide Quotes: "Also, everyone thinks they know Candide - you hear people described as 'Panglossian'. So if Candide appears on a poster, it feels familiar."

Also, everyone thinks they know Candide - you hear people described as 'Panglossian'. So if Candide appears on a poster, it feels familiar.



Candide Quotes: "My dear young lady, when you are in love, and jealous, and have been flogged by the Inquisition, there's no knowing what you may do."

My dear young lady, when you are in love, and jealous, and have been flogged by the Inquisition, there's no knowing what you may do.