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Candide Quotes

Dogs, monkeys, and parrots are a thousand times less miserable than we are.

Dogs, monkeys, and parrots are a thousand times less miserable than we are.

Voltaire
Dog, Monkeys, Candide
Voltaire (2006). “Candide: Or Optimism”, p.69, Yale University Press

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

Voltaire
Taste, Suits, Candide
Voltaire (1956). “Candide: or, Optimism”

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

Voltaire
People, Atheism, Candide
Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.192, Penguin

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

Voltaire
Soul, Comfort, Candide

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

Voltaire
Men, Bitter, Candide
"Candide, Or, Optimism". Book by Voltaire, 1759.

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

Voltaire
Candide, Life Is, Pessimist
Voltaire (1956). “Candide: or, Optimism”

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

Voltaire
Garden, Candide
Voltaire (2015). “Candide”, p.123, Booklassic

If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?

Voltaire
Optimistic, World, Candide
Voltaire (2016). “Candide”, p.18, Xist Publishing

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

Mark Ravenhill
Book, Candide, Young
Source: voltairefoundation.wordpress.com

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

Mark Ravenhill
Thinking, People, Candide
Source: voltairefoundation.wordpress.com

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