Candide is a 1759 French satire by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. The novella begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism by his tutor, Pangloss.
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Prequal This is serious business. Very serious.,
Sun 23 Aug 2009, 10:10,
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A good little book that
Even if it does contain a little bit of 18th centuary mild racism (or maybe I read too much into the monkey-lover bit)
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Metalfish Hasn't had a sig since,
Sun 23 Aug 2009, 10:30,
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what about the tiger-fucking?
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emvee cruor deo cruoris,
Sun 23 Aug 2009, 10:43,
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It's for the best
in the best of all possible worlds.
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Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant,
Sun 23 Aug 2009, 10:43,
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