Classical education has deformed everything, and has imposed upon us as geniuses men of correct, facile talent, who follow the beaten track.
EMILE ZOLAArt is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.
More Emile Zola Quotes
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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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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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It is not necessary that one should humble oneself to deserve assistance, it is sufficient that one should suffer.
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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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She was cold by nature, self-love predominating over passion; rather than being virtuous, she preferred to have her pleasures all to herself.
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The thought is a deed. Of all deeds she fertilizes the world most.
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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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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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Sin ought to be something exquisite, my dear boy.
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I do not despair in the least of ultimate triumph. I repeat it with intense conviction.
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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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If people can just love each other a little bit, they can be so happy.
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Through the centuries, the history of peoples is but a lesson in mutual tolerance.
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My fiery protest is simply the cry of my very soul.
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It is not I who am strong, it is reason, it is truth.
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