The Lesson Of Candide

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Dennis Ryan

Wellsville, New York

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Wellsville, New York

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Sunday, July 3,2022

By the end of his adventures,
Candide had learned one thing:
never get in the way of power;

say nothing, and tend one's garden.
Otherwise, terrible consequences
could follow. That is his lesson.

Dennis Ryan

Sunday, July 3, 2022

Topic(s) of this poem: power,learning,literature,lessons of life,terrorism,trauma,tragedy

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People who wield power can choose to do good or do evil, and in many cases, as we all know, evil wins out in country after country around the world. This is particularly true right now in Russia's war against Ukraine.

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