We must cultivate our garden.

Il faut cultiver notre jardin.

Voltaire

Candide

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Gardens Simple living

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Candide

Author

Voltaire

Source

Candide

Medium

Novel

Genre

Satire

Language

French

Time

1759 1750s 18th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Voltaire. Candide, ou l'Optimisme [Candide: or, All for the Best]. Geneva: Gabriel Cramer, 1759, ch. 30.

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Voltaire. Candide, edited by Nicholas Cronk. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016, ch. 30.

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In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to the other.

Voltaire

Philosophical Dictionary

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Purpose of government

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Voltaire
Source
Philosophical Dictionary
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
French
Time
1764 1760s 18th century
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Citation

Voltaire. "Argent [Money]." Dictionnaire Philosophique [Philosophical Dictionary]. c. 1764.

Another quote from the 1750s

I can with truth assure you, I heard Bulletts whistle and believe me there was something charming in the sound.

George Washington

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Topic
Attraction of war

Author

George Washington
Source
Letters of George Washington
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1754 1750s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Washington, George. Letter to John Augustine Washington. 31 May 1754.

Current Citation

Washington, George. "To John Augustine Washington, May 31, 1754." George Washington: Writings, edited by John H. Rhodehamel. Library of America, 1997.

Another quote from Candide

I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our more stupid melancholy propensities, for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one’s very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?

Voltaire

Candide

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Topic
Love of life

Author

Voltaire
Source
Candide
Medium
Novel
Genre
Satire
Language
French
Time
1759 1750s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Voltaire. Candide, ou l'Optimisme [Candide: or, All for the Best]. Geneva: Gabriel Cramer, 1759, ch. 12.

Current Citation

Voltaire. Candide, edited by Nicholas Cronk. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016, ch. 12.

Another quote originally in French

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and fans fires.

François de La Rochefoucauld

Reflections

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Topic
Absence Missing someone

Author

François de La Rochefoucauld
Source
Reflections
Medium
Epigram
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
French
Time
1678 1670s 17th century
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Original Citation

La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims]. c. 1665.

Current Citation

La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Collected Maxims and Other Reflections, translated by E. H. and A. M. Blackmore and Francine Giguere. Oxford University Press, 2008.