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Candide Quotes

When a man is in love, is jealous and has been flogged by the Inquisition, he becomes lost to all reflection.[Quand on est amoureux, jaloux, et fouetté par l’inquisition, on ne se connaît plus.]

Source:(ed. Washington Square Press, 1962), Chapter IX, Page 29
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  • Book: Candide
  • Writer: Voltaire
  • Genre: Classics, Satire, Philosophy
  • Published: 1759
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