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  • Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.

    Letter to Pierre-Joseph Luneau de Boisjermain on October 21, 1769. "Oeuvres Complètes de Voltaire: Correspondance". Book published by Garnier frères, Paris, Volume XIV, letter #7692, p. 478, 1882.