“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… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
You're a bitter man," said Candide. That's because I've lived," said Martin. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“My dear miss," said Candide, "when one is in love, jealous, and has been whipped by the Inquisition, one becomes a stranger… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“How many plays have been written in France?' Candide asked the abbe. 'Five or six thousand.' 'That's a lot,' said Candide. 'How… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Said Candide to Cacambo: My friend, you see how perishable are the riches of this world; there is nothing solid but virtue,… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Is it true that they always laugh in Paris?” said Candide. “Yes,” said the Abbé, “but it means nothing, for they complain… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Do you believe,' said Candide, 'that men have always massacred each other as they do to-day, that they have always been liars,… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Do you think,” said Candide, “that mankind always massacred one another as they do now? Were they always guilty of lies, fraud,… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Sir, you think doubtless that all is for the best in the moral and physical world, and that nothing could be otherwise… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Were you ever in France, Mr. Martin?" said Candide. "Yes," said Martin, "I have been in several provinces. In some one-half of… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense. — Voltaire Copy Share
Fanaticism, to which men are so much inclined, has always served not only to render them more brutalized but more wicked. — Voltaire Copy Share
It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part, the rest are lost in the multitude. — Voltaire Copy Share
Meslier was the most singular phenomenon ever seen among all the meteors fatal to the Christian religion. — Voltaire Copy Share
Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion… — Voltaire Copy Share
Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them — Voltaire Copy Share
When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not? — Voltaire Copy Share
Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively. — Voltaire Copy Share
God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. — Voltaire Copy Share
Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life — Voltaire Copy Share
Men use thought only to justify their wrong doings, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts. — Voltaire Copy Share
