“Let us cultivate our garden.”
Voltaire (1694–1778) French writer, historian, and philosopher
Citas, Candide (1759)
“Let every one of us cultivate, in every word that issues from our mouth, absolute truth.”
Source: A Woman's Thoughts About Women (1858), Ch. 8
Context: Let every one of us cultivate, in every word that issues from our mouth, absolute truth. I say cultivate, because to very few people — as may be noticed of most young children — does truth, this rigid, literal veracity, come by nature. To many, even who love it and prize it dearly in others, it comes only after the self-control, watchfulness, and bitter experience of years.
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