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Candide Quotes

Private chagrins are still more dreadful than public calamities.[Les chagrins secrets sont encore plus cruels que les misères publiques.]

Source:(ed. Washington Square Press, 1962), Chapter XX, Page 76
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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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