She was cold by nature, self-love predominating over passion; rather than being virtuous, she preferred to have her pleasures all to herself.
EMILE ZOLANothing develops intelligence like travel.
More Emile Zola Quotes
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The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
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The only basis for living is believing in life, loving it, and applying the whole force of one’s intellect to know it better.
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Did science promise happiness? I do not believe it. It promised truth, and the question is to know if we will ever make happiness with truth.
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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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Governments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes them.
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If something’s just, I’ll let myself be hacked to bits for it.
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The thought is a deed. Of all deeds she fertilizes the world most.
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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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Let us eat, drink and satisfy our coarse appetites, but let us keep our souls sacred and apart.
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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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The road to Lourdes is littered with crutches, but not one wooden leg.
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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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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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If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.
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A new dynasty is never founded without a struggle. Blood makes good manure.
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