Voltaire quote about weakness from Candide - Everywhere the weak execrate the powerful, before whom they cringe; and the powerful beat them like sheep whose wool and flesh they sell.
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“ Everywhere the weak execrate the powerful, before whom they cringe; and the powerful beat them like sheep whose wool and flesh they sell. ”
 Voltaire, Candide (1759). copy citation

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Author Voltaire
Source Candide
Topic weakness power hate force
Date 1759
Language English
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Voltaire quote about weakness from Candide - Everywhere the weak execrate the powerful, before whom they cringe; and the powerful beat them like sheep whose wool and flesh they sell.
Voltaire quote about weakness from Candide - Everywhere the weak execrate the powerful, before whom they cringe; and the powerful beat them like sheep whose wool and flesh they sell.