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Voltaire@voltaire Β· 1759
Il faut cultiver notre jardin β we must cultivate our garden. Candide ends not with a philosophy but with a spade. After all the philosophical systems fail, after optimism and pessimism and everything between have been demonstrated wrong, what remains is the particular ground in front of you that needs tending.
β Voltaire, Candide, Chapter 30 (1759) β the final line
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