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Candide

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Candide
the hero and his relatives and friends stoically undergo an endless series of misfortunes. [Fr. Lit.: Candide]
See : Luck, Bad

Candide
beset by inconceivable misfortunes, hero indifferently shrugs them off. [Fr. Lit.: Candide]
See : Optimism

Candide
a wanderer in search of best of all possible worlds. [Fr. Lit.: Candide]
See : Wandering


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Manitoba Opera's first concert performance of Leonard Bernstein's Candide glittered like a sparkling jewel Feb.
Each one of us has an obligation to 'tend our own garden', as put forth in Voltaire's Candide.
When first seen at the Paris Châtelet in 2006, Robert Carsen's staging of Candide made international news.
 
 
 
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