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A good quote gives you something to say. Knowing what it means gives you something to talk about.
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“Let us cultivate our garden.”
Voltaire · Candide, Chapter 30 · excerpt
After so much suffering, Candide chooses useful work over grand explanations. Voltaire questions the belief that every disaster belongs to a perfect plan.
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Famous words deserve more than a familiar name. Start with the setting, understand the argument, and decide what you make of it.
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