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Candide Quotes

Happiness is not the portion of man. - Voltaire (Candide; or, The Optimist Quotes)

Happiness is not the portion of man.[Le bonheur n’est pas le partage de l’homme.]

Source:(ed. George Routledge & Sons, 1888), Part II, Chapter XVIII, Page 168
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Voltaire (Candide; or, The Optimist Book Quotes)
  • Book: Candide
  • Writer: Voltaire
  • Genre: Classics, Satire, Philosophy
  • Published: 1759
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