How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph) We used the translation found on Project Gutenberg.
Quote #4
"Alas!" said the other, "it was love; love, the comfort of the human species, the preserver of the universe, the soul of all sensible beings, love, tender love."
"Alas!" said Candide, "I know this love, that sovereign of hearts, that soul of our souls; yet it never cost me more than a kiss and twenty kicks on the backside. How could this beautiful cause produce in you an effect so abominable?" (4.12)
Pangloss and Candide equate love with salvation.
Quote #5
"Yet again!" said Cunégonde, "now there is no mercy for us, we are excommunicated, our last hour has come. How could you do it? You, naturally so gentle, to slay a Jew and a prelate in two minutes!"
"My beautiful young lady," responded Candide, "when one is a lover, jealous and whipped by the Inquisition, one stops at nothing." (9.8-9)
Candide, blinded by love, explains that he will stop at no ends to defend his love for Cunégonde.
Quote #6
"I was affianced to the most excellent Prince of Massa Carara. Such a prince! as handsome as myself, sweet-tempered, agreeable, brilliantly witty, and sparkling with love. I loved him as one loves for the first time—with idolatry, with transport […]. " (11.2)
The Old Woman characterizes first love as blinding and overwhelming. This is in accord with Candide’s experience of love.