FROM THE PAGES OF CANDIDE

In this best of all possible worlds the baron’s castle was the most

magnificent of all castles, and my lady the best of all possible

baronesses. (page 12)

Candide was struck with amazement and really could not conceive

how he came to be a hero. (page 15)

“If this is the best of all possible worlds, what are the others like?”

(page 29)

“A modest woman may be once violated, but her virtue is greatly

strengthened as a result.” (page 33)

“In the different countries in which it has been my fate to wander,

and the many inns where I have been a servant, I have observed a

prodigious number of people who held their existence in abhorrence,

and yet I never knew more than twelve who voluntarily put an

end to their misery.” (page 50)

“Never while I live shall I lose the remembrance of that horrible day

on which I saw my father and brother barbarously butchered before

my eyes, and my sister ravished.” (page 59)

“In this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to

death in order to inspire the others to fight.” (page 100)

“Our labour keeps us from three great evils—boredom, vice, and

want.” (page 129)

“We must cultivate our garden.” (page 130)

 

DR. PANGLOSS SURVEYS THE WORLD.