When sometimes, behind his back, they called him a tyrant, he merely smiled and uttered this profound observation: If some day I turn liberal, they will say I have let them down.
EMILE ZOLAWhen sometimes, behind his back, they called him a tyrant, he merely smiled and uttered this profound observation: If some day I turn liberal, they will say I have let them down.
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In love as in speculation there is much filth; in love also, people think only of their own gratification; yet without love there would be no life, and the world would come to an end.
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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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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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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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Nothing develops intelligence like travel.
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Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest.
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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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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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It is not necessary that one should humble oneself to deserve assistance, it is sufficient that one should suffer.
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Through the centuries, the history of peoples is but a lesson in mutual tolerance.
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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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Has science ever retreated? No! It is Catholicism which has always retreated before her, and will always be forced to retreat.
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I do not despair in the least of ultimate triumph. I repeat it with intense conviction.
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The thought is a deed. Of all deeds she fertilizes the world most.
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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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