Candide — Chapter 21 in Spanish
By Voltaire
Cándido y Martín, mientras así razonaban el uno con el otro, se acercaban a las costas de Francia Candide and Martin, While Thus Reasoning with Each Other,Draw Near to the Coast of France
Avistaronse al fin las costas de Francia. At length they sighted the coast of France.
Sí, Señor, respondió Martin, y he corrido muchas provincias: en unas la mitad de los habitantes son locos, en otras muy retrecheros, en estas bastante bonazos y bastante tontos, y en aquellas lo dan por ladinos. “Pray, Mr. Martin,” said Candide, “have you ever been in France?”
“Yes, Sir,” said Martin, “I have been in several provinces of that kingdom. In some, one half of the people are madmen; in some, they are too artful; in others, again, they are in general either very good-natured or very brutal; while in others, they affect to be witty, and in all, their ruling passion is love, the next is slander, and the last is to talk nonsense.”