--- title: "10 Said Candide Quotes by 1 author" description: "Browse 10 Said Candide quotes by 1 author. Discover the best Said Candide sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/voltaire-173_optimism_what-s-optimism-asked-cacambo-i-m-afraid_451043.png" --- > [“What's Optimism?' asked Cacambo. 'I'm afraid to say,' said Candide, 'that it's a mania for insisting that all is well when things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/what-s-optimism-asked-cacambo-i-m-afraid-to-say-said-candide-that-it/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/voltaire-173_optimism_what-s-optimism-asked-cacambo-i-m-afraid_451043.png) > [You're a bitter man," said Candide. That's because I've lived," said Martin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/you-re-a-bitter-man-said-candide-that-s-because-i-ve-lived-said-martin/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d6/voltaire-173_bitter_you-re-a-bitter-man-said-candide-that-s_713986.png) > [“My dear miss," said Candide, "when one is in love, jealous, and has been whipped by the Inquisition, one becomes a stranger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/my-dear-miss-said-candide-when-one-is-in-love-jealous-and-has-been/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa2/voltaire-173_love_my-dear-miss-said-candide-when-one-is-in_2792835.png) > [“How many plays have been written in France?' Candide asked the abbe. 'Five or six thousand.' 'That's a lot,' said Candide. 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Were they always guilty of lies, fraud,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/do-you-think-said-candide-that-mankind-always-massacred-one-another/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c14/voltaire-173_gratitude_do-you-think-said-candide-that-mankind-a_2799134.png) > [“Sir, you think doubtless that all is for the best in the moral and physical world, and that nothing could be otherwise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/sir-you-think-doubtless-that-all-is-for-the-best-in-the-moral-and/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c15/voltaire-173_marriage_sir-you-think-doubtless-that-all-is-for_1140149.jpg) > [“Were you ever in France, Mr. Martin?" said Candide. "Yes," said Martin, "I have been in several provinces. In some one-half of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/were-you-ever-in-france-mr-martin-said-candide-yes-said-martin-i-have/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba4/voltaire-173_love_were-you-ever-in-france-mr-martin-said-c_1351901.png) ## Top authors on Said Candide - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-voltaire-94063.jpg) Voltaire 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said-candide/voltaire/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said-candide/#itemlist", "name": "Said Candide Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What's Optimism?' asked Cacambo. 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In some one-half of the people are fools, in others they are too cunning; in some they are weak and simple, in others they affect to be witty; in all, the principal occupation is love, the next is slander, and the third is talking nonsense.\" \"But, Mr. Martin, have you seen Paris?\" \"Yes, I have. All these kinds are found there. It is a chaos—a confused multitude, where everybody seeks pleasure and scarcely any one finds it, at least as it appeared to me. I made a short stay there. On my arrival I was robbed of all I had by pickpockets at the fair of St. Germain. I myself was taken for a robber and was imprisoned for eight days, after which I served as corrector of the press to gain the money necessary for my return to Holland on foot. I knew the whole scribbling rabble, the party rabble, the fanatic rabble. 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