Ζανσενίστες εναντίον μολινιστών, άνθρωποι του παρλαμέντου εναντίον ανθρώπων της εκκλησίας, άνθρωποι των γραμμάτων εναντίον ανθρώπων των γραμμάτων, αυλικοί εναντίον αυλικών, τραπεζίτες εναντίον του λαού, γυναίκες εναντίον ανδρών, συγγενείς εναντίον συγγενών· είν' ένας αιώνιος πόλεμος.
"Yes," said Candide, "and I have seen worse than all that; and yet a learned man, who had the misfortune to be hanged, taught me that everything was marvelously well, and that these evils you are speaking of were only so many shades in a beautiful picture."