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It is certain (...) and it can be shown that things cannot be otherwise, because if everything has a purpose, everything, of course, is necessarily for the best purpose. For example, our nose is there to have something to wear glasses on, and that's why we wear glasses. Apparently, our legs are meant to be put on pants, which is why we have pants. The stones were made to be beautifully carved, and of course to build castles out of them.

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Voltaire

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English

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It is certain (...) and it can be shown that things cannot be otherwise, because if everything has a purpose, everything, of course, is necessarily for the best purpose. For example, our nose is there to have something to wear glasses on, and that's why we wear glasses. Apparently, our legs are meant to be put on pants, which is why we have pants. The stones were made to be beautifully carved, and of course to build castles out of them.

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Hungarian

"Bizonyos (…) s kimutatható, hogy nem is lehetnek másképp a dolgok, mert ha már mindennek célja van, minden, ugyebár, szükségképpen a legeslegjobb célért is van. Orrunk például azért van, hogy legyen min hordani a szemüveget, s lám ezért is hordunk szemüveget. Lábunk láthatólag arra való, hogy nadrágot húzzunk rá, ezért is van nadrágunk. A kövek arra termettek, hogy szépen megfaragjuk őket, no meg persze, hogy kastélyokat építsenek belőlük."

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