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In this country [England] it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, to encourage the others. The reference is to Admiral John Byng, who was executed in 1757 for failing to prevent the French from taking Minorca.

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

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The question of good and evil remains in irremediable chaos for those who seek to fathom it in reality. It is mere mental sport to the disputants, who are captives that play with their chains.

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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.

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Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.

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We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard.

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Why are the Jews hated? It is the inevitable result of their laws; they either have to conquer everybody or be hated by the whole human race.

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Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

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"I have no more than twenty acres of ground," he replied, "the whole of which I cultivate myself with the help of my children; and our labor keeps off from us the three great evils - boredom, vice, and want."

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What is toleration? It is the prerogative of humanity. We are all steeped in weaknesses and errors: Let us forgive one another's follies, it is the first law of nature.

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I am the best-natured creature in the world, and yet I have already killed three, and of these three two were priests.

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It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow.

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I swear that, not being able to be yours, I will belong to no one.

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History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

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It is not enough to be exceptionally mad, licentious and fanatical in order to win a great reputation; it is still necessary to arrive on the scene at the right time.

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Let us confess it: evil strides the world.

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Before receiving your instruction, I must tell you what happened to me one day. I had just had a closet built at the end of my garden. I heard a mole arguing with a cockchafer; 'Here's a fine structure,' said the mole, 'it must have been a very powerful mole who did this work.' 'You're joking,' said the cockchafer; 'it's a cockchafer full of genius who is the architect of this building.' From that moment I resolved never to argue.

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Originality is nothing but judicious plagiarism.

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When one man speaks to another man who doesn't understand him, and when a man who's speaking no longer understands, it's metaphysics.

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To make a vow for life is to make oneself a slave.

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