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Emile Zola

Classical education has deformed everything, and has imposed upon us as geniuses men of correct, facile talent, who follow the beaten track.
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Class Correct Education Genius Talent Track
The vague torment of ambition.
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Ambition One Liner
In love as in speculation there is much filth; in love also, people think only of their own gratification; yet without love there would be no life, and the world would come to an end.
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End Gratitude Life Love People Thinking World
Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest.
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Civilization Fall Myself Perfection Priest Stone
These young people naturally grow up with ideas different from ours, for they are born for times when we shall no longer be here
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Growth Ideas People Time Young
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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Creation Distress People Sadness
My fiery protest is simply the cry of my very soul.
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Cry Fire Myself Protest Soul
Everything is only a dream.
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Dreams One Liner
I have but one passion: to enlighten those who have been kept in the dark, in the name of humanity which has suffered so much and is entitled to happiness. My fiery protest is simply the cry of my very soul.
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Cry Darkness Enlightenment Humanity Myself Passion Soul Suffering
Truth is on the march, and nothing will stop it.
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Stop Truth Way
The camembert with its venison scent defeats the Marolles and Limbourg dull smells; It spreads its exhalation, smothering the other scents under its surprising breath abundance.
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Abundance Breathe Defeat Scent Surprise
Respectable people, What bastards!
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People Respect
A god of kindness would be charitable to all. Your god of wrath and punishment is but a monstrous phantasy.
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Charitable God Kindness Monster Punishment Yourself
It is not I who am strong, it is reason, it is truth.
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Reason Strong Truth
One forges one’s style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.
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Dead Fake Forge Line Style
The conclusion does not belong to the artist.
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Artist Conclusion
In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it.
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Photography View Yourself
The past was but the cemetery of our illusions: one simply stubbed one’s toes on the gravestones.
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Grave Illusion Oneself Past
The road to Lourdes is littered with crutches, but not one wooden leg.
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Journey Road Struggle
There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.
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Artist Man Nurtue Poet Talent
Every wave is a water sprite who swims in the current, each current is a path which snakes towards my palace, and my palace is fluidly built at the bottom of the lake, in the triangle of earth, fire and water.
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Earth Fire Nature Palace Sprite Water Wave
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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Each Other Heart Need Secret Talk Understand Word. Confession
Blow the candle out, I don’t need to see what my thoughts look like.
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Blow Myself Need See Thinking
The day is not far off when one ordinary carrot may be pregnant with revolution.
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Ordinary Pregnant Revolution
An entire lifetime would not be long enough for you to exhaust the glance of the young harvest-girl.
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Enough Life Time Woman Young
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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Existence Life Live Myself Purpose
Has science ever retreated? No! It is Catholicism which has always retreated before her, and will always be forced to retreat.
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Religion Retreat Science

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