Let us work without reasoning, it is the only way to make life endurable. — Voltaire
Let us work without reasoning, it is the only way to make life endurable.
In the original French
Travaillons sans raisonner, dit Martin, c'est le seul moyen de rendre la vie supportable.
Candide · 1759
★ 2.2Other tags relating to this quote
Topic
Genre
Medium
Person
Provenance
Current citation
Voltaire. Candide, edited by Nicholas Cronk. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016, ch. 30.
Original citation
Voltaire. Candide, ou l'Optimisme [Candide: or, All for the Best]. Geneva: Gabriel Cramer, 1759, ch. 30.