Candide Quotes: top 32 famous quotes about Candide

Candide Quotes & Sayings

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When you drink water, don't forget the fountain. — Paulo Coelho

To look into the mirror is to see the future, in blood and rubies. — Gregory Maguire

What is this optimism?" said Cacambo. "Alas!" said Candide, "it is the madness of maintaining that everything is right when it is wrong. — Voltaire

Faith in the endgame helps you live through the months or years of buildup. — James C. Collins

What's optimism? said Cacambo.
Alas, said Candide, it is a mania for saying things are well when one is in hell. — Voltaire

My late mother was very clear to my sister and I that we were to be strong women; that we were to be effective; that we were to be heard. — Christine Quinn

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

There can be no effect without a cause," modestly answered Candide; "the whole is necessarily concatenated and arranged for the best. — Voltaire

Nobody ever discovered ugliness through photographs. But many, through photographs, have discovered beauty. — Susan Sontag

The guy's life drunk, I think, makes Candide look like a sourpuss. Does he even know that death exists? — Jandy Nelson

You are very hard of belief," said Candide. "I have lived," said Martin. — Voltaire

All that is very well," answered Candide, "but let us cultivate our garden. — Voltaire

We are all glass soldiers. — Steven Galloway

Trackers and hunters sworn to deepwood with clan names like Forrester and Woods, branch and bole. — George R R Martin

My dear young lady, when you are in love, and jealous, and have been flogged by the Inquisition, there's no knowing what you may do. — Voltaire

It is much easier and safer to scare someone into submission than to beat them into submission. — Rory Miller

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

Everything is not as good as in El-Dorado; but everything is not so bad. — Voltaire

Fairest lady," said Candide, "when a man is in love, jealous, and whipped by the Inquisition, he no longer knows what he's doing. — Voltaire

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

Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony. — Lionel Trilling

After 'Spelling Bee,' I started landing more jobs ... I got 'Candide' at New York City Opera. — Lauren Worsham

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

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

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 are going badly. — Voltaire

But for what purpose was the earth formed?" asked Candide. "To drive us mad," replied Martin. — Voltaire

I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains. — Daniel Libeskind

Oh! what a superior man," said Candide below his breath. "What a great genius is this Pococurante! Nothing can please him. — Voltaire

Beautiful maiden," answered Candide, "when a man is in love, is jealous, and has been flogged by the Inquisition, he becomes lost to all reflection. — Voltaire

Jefferson appeared to his enemies as an American version of Candide; Hamilton as an American Machiavelli. — Joseph J. Ellis

The dry high spirits of this destroyer of optimism make most optimists look damp and depressed. — Philip Littell

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