Truth is on the march, and nothing will stop it.
EMILE ZOLAIt all seemed a hollow sham now – that strict code, that conscientious virtue that condemned her to the sterile joys of pious women! No, no, she’d had enough of that; she wanted to live!
More Emile Zola Quotes
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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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If something’s just, I’ll let myself be hacked to bits for it.
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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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It is not necessary that one should humble oneself to deserve assistance, it is sufficient that one should suffer.
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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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Governments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes them.
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When a peasant begins to feel the need for instruction, he usually becomes fiercely calculating.
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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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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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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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If people can just love each other a little bit, they can be so happy.
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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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Let us eat, drink and satisfy our coarse appetites, but let us keep our souls sacred and apart.
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If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.
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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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