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All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds. — Voltaire

Novel · Satire

All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.

In the original French

Dans ce meilleur des mondes possibles...tout est au mieux.

Voltaire
Candide · 1759
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Topic
Problem of evilNature of the worldThe world
Genre
Satire
Medium
Novel
Time
1759
Person
Voltaire
Provenance
Current citation
Voltaire. Candide, edited by Nicholas Cronk. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016, ch. 1.
Original citation
Voltaire. Candide, ou l'Optimisme [Candide: or, All for the Best]. Geneva: Gabriel Cramer, 1759, ch. 1.

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