Both Uses of
scruples
in
Candide
- These last words determined Candide; he went and flung himself at the feet of the charitable Anabaptist James, and gave him so touching a picture of the state to which his friend was reduced, that the good man did not scruple to take Dr. Pangloss into his house, and had him cured at his expense.†
Chpt 4
- I own, that if I were in your place, I should have no scruple in marrying the Governor and in making the fortune of Captain Candide.†
Chpt 13 *
Definition:
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(scruples) ethical or moral principles that discourage certain kinds of action