They dared not peer down into their own natures, down into the feverish confusion that filled their minds with a kind of dense, acrid mist.
EMILE ZOLA
The road to Lourdes is littered with crutches, but not one wooden leg.
More Emile Zola Quotes
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They dared not peer down into their own natures, down into the feverish confusion that filled their minds with a kind of dense, acrid mist.
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Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.
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They talked so, with secret hearts, without needing words, talking of other things. They could have suddenly continued their confessions aloud, without ceasing to understand each other.
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When sometimes, behind his back, they called him a tyrant, he merely smiled and uttered this profound observation: If some day I turn liberal, they will say I have let them down.
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Paris flared – Paris, which the divine sun had sown with light, and where in glory waved the great future harvest of Truth and of Justice.
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The conclusion does not belong to the artist.
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I am spending delightful afternoons in my garden, watching everything living around me. As I grow older, I feel everything departing, and I love everything with more passion.
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If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.
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A god of kindness would be charitable to all. Your god of wrath and punishment is but a monstrous phantasy.
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Through the centuries, the history of peoples is but a lesson in mutual tolerance.
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What will be the death of me are buillabaisses, food spiced with pimiento, shellfish, and a load of exquisite rubbish which I eat in disproportionate quantities.
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In Paris, everything’s for sale: wise virgins, foolish virgins, truth and lies, tears and smiles.
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My fiery protest is simply the cry of my very soul.
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Art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.
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Violence has never prospered, you can’t remake the world in a day. Anyone who promises to change everything for you all at once is either a fool or a rogue!
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