Truth is on the march, and nothing will stop it.
EMILE ZOLAIt is not necessary that one should humble oneself to deserve assistance, it is sufficient that one should suffer.
More Emile Zola Quotes
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Art for me…is a negation of society, an affirmation of the individual, outside of all the rules and all the demands of society.
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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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Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.
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If people can just love each other a little bit, they can be so happy.
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Lovers are made by a kiss.
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The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.
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I would rather die of passion than of boredom.
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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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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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Governments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes them.
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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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It is not I who am strong, it is reason, it is truth.
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A new dynasty is never founded without a struggle. Blood makes good manure.
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Blow the candle out, I don’t need to see what my thoughts look like.
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The word realist means nothing to me, because I would subordinate reality to temperament. Give me what is true and I applaud; but give me what is individual and alive and I applaud even more.
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