Though Candide did not absolutely agree to this, yet he did not determine anything on that head. Pangloss avowed that he had undergone dreadful sufferings; but having once maintained that everything went on as well as possible, he still maintained it, and at the same time believed nothing of it.
Candido no se lo concedia, pero no afirmaba nada: Panglós confesaba que toda su vida habia sido una serie de horrorosos infortunios; pero como una vez habia sustentado que todo estaba perfecto, seguía sustentándolo sin creerlo.