Sin ought to be something exquisite, my dear boy.
EMILE ZOLAMy fiery protest is simply the cry of my very soul.
More Emile Zola Quotes
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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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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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One forges one’s style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.
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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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It is not necessary that one should humble oneself to deserve assistance, it is sufficient that one should suffer.
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In Paris, everything’s for sale: wise virgins, foolish virgins, truth and lies, tears and smiles.
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The vague torment of ambition.
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Governments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes them.
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Man’s highest duty is to protect animals from cruelty.
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Blow the candle out, I don’t need to see what my thoughts look like.
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An entire lifetime would not be long enough for you to exhaust the glance of the young harvest-girl.
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The thought is a deed. Of all deeds she fertilizes the world most.
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Yes! live life with every fibre of one’s being, surrender oneself to it, with no thoughts of rebellion, without deluding oneself that one can improve it and render it painless.
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Respectable people, What bastards!
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Nothing develops intelligence like travel.
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