Governments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes them.
EMILE ZOLAPerfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.
More Emile Zola Quotes
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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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The thought is a deed. Of all deeds she fertilizes the world most.
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The conclusion does not belong to the artist.
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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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I do not despair in the least of ultimate triumph. I repeat it with intense conviction.
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I would rather die of passion than of boredom.
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Art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.
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A new dynasty is never founded without a struggle. Blood makes good manure.
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Nothing develops intelligence like travel.
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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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Over all crowds there seems to float a vague distress, an atmosphere of pervasive melancholy, as if any large gathering of people creates an aura of terror and pity.
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How evil life must be if it were indeed necessary that such imploring cries, such cries of physical and moral wretchedness, should ever and ever ascend to heaven!
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If people can just love each other a little bit, they can be so happy.
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Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.
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Lovers are made by a kiss.
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