Lines by Voltaire
Voltaire
French writer and philosopher · 1694–1778
Voltaire was the pen name of François-Marie Arouet, a writer of plays, histories, letters and satire. Candide mocks the idea that all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.
We must tend our garden.
Il faut cultiver notre jardin.
Candide, Chapter 30, last line
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