"Alas!" replied Candide, "it is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst." And so saying he turned his eyes towards the poor Negro, and shed a flood of tears; and in this weeping mood he entered the town of Surinam.
Hélas! dit Candide, c'est la rage de soutenir que tout est bien quand on est mal; et il versait des larmes en regardant son nègre; et en pleurant, il entra dans Surinam.