Emile Zola Quotes

Classical education has deformed everything, and has imposed upon us as geniuses men of correct, facile talent, who follow the beaten track.

An entire lifetime would not be long enough for you to exhaust the glance of the young harvest-girl.

A ruined man fell from her hands like a ripe fruit, to lie rotting on the ground.

It is not necessary that one should humble oneself to deserve assistance, it is sufficient that one should suffer.

Sin ought to be something exquisite, my dear boy.

The day is not far off when one ordinary carrot may be pregnant with revolution.

The vague torment of ambition.