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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion

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Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.

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I tried to believe in God, but I confess to you that God meant nothing in my life, and that in my secret heart I too felt a void where my childhood fa...more

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

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Optimism," said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst.

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