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Candide Quotes for DiscussionChapters XV-XIX “We are engaging the King of Spain’s troops with the utmost vigor, and I assure you they will be excommunicated and beaten.” (the Baron) Chapt XV – page 66 “You insolent fellow!” exclaimed the Baron. “You have the impudence to think of marrying my sister, who has seventy-two quarterings in her coat of arms, and you talk to me of such a hot-headed notion? Have you no sense of shame?” Chapt XV – pg 67 “What have I done! I have killed my old master, my friend, and my brother-in-law! I am the best-tempered man there ever was, yet I have already killed three men, and two of them were priests!” (Candide) Chapter XV page 67 “What is the use of prolonging my miserable existence, if I must drag out my days in remorse and despair at being banished from her presence? And what will the Jesuit periodicals say?” (Candide) Chapter XVI – page 68 “Thank Heaven for that [killing the 2 monkeys], my dear Cacambo! He [Candide] exclaimed. “I have delivered those two poor creatures from grave danger.” Chapter XVI Page 69 “What would Professor Pangloss say if he had seen how unsophisticated nature behaves? No doubt all is for the best, but I must say it is very cruel to have lost Lady Cunegonde and to be skewered by the Oreillons.” (Candide) Chapter XVI – page 71 Candide was full of admiration and kept harping on his deliverance. “What grand people they are! he said. “What fine fellows! And what culture!” Chapter XVI Page 72 “The new world, you see, is no better than the old; take my advice and let’s return to Europe as quickly as we can.” (Cacambo) Chapter XVII page 73 “If we don’t find anything pleasant, we shall at least find something fresh.” (Cacambo)[they arrive at El Dorado by drifting in the stream] Chapter XVI page 74 [On first arriving at El Dorado] The farmer and the landscape gardener had been equally busy in this country side, and everything which served the needs of man was pleasing to the sight. Chapter X