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French Writer November 21, 1694 – May 30, 1778

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All events are linked together in the best of possible worlds; after all, if you had not been driven from a fine castle by being kicked in the backside for love of Miss Cunegonde, if you hadn't been sent before the Inquisition, if you hadn't traveled across America on foot, if you hadn't given a good sword thrust to the baron, if you hadn't lost all your sheep from the good land of Eldorado, you wouldn't be sitting here eating candied citron and pistachios. - That is very well put, said... Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "The best is the enemy of good."
The best is the enemy of good. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "The best is the enemy of the good."
The best is the enemy of the good. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side..."
God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out."
The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "It is best one should quote what one doesn't understand at all..."
It is best one should quote what one doesn't understand at all in the language one knows the least Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "All is for the best in the best of possible worlds."
All is for the best in the best of possible worlds. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?"
If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others? Voltaire
It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose. Voltaire
Optimism," said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry..."
Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an..."
The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination. Voltaire

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