Sourima Chakraborty

“Optimism," said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst.”
― Voltaire, Candide

“Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.”
― Voltaire, Candide

“Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want.”
― Voltaire, Candide

“If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?”
― Voltaire, Candide