Émile Zola's most famous quotes
The top 3 according to 15 votes from people: My ideal would be to work in peace, always have bread to eat and a clean little hole to sleep in. · Truth is on the march and nothing will stop it. · A work of art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.. (Updated Jan 25, 2021.)
"Truth is on the march and nothing will stop it", a work of art as "a corner of creation seen through a temperament" and science that never promised happiness: Émile Zola's most quoted lines, from My Hatreds and "J'accuse…!" to the Rougon-Macquart novels, with their source.
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Top 14
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My ideal would be to work in peace, always have bread to eat and a clean little hole to sleep in.
The Drinking Den (1877).
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Truth is on the march and nothing will stop it.
"J'accuse…!", L'Aurore (1898).
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A work of art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.
My Hatreds (1866).
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The science of beauty is a joke invented by philosophers for the greater amusement of artists.
My Hatreds (1866).
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We only truly love the women we have not had.
Pot Luck (1882).
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Wild beasts remain wild beasts; invent better machines all you like, there will still be wild beasts underneath.
The Beast Within (1890).
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Has science promised happiness? I do not think so. It has promised truth.
Speech to students (1893).
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I care only for life, struggle, fever.
My Hatreds (1866).
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Truth and justice are sovereign, for they alone ensure the greatness of nations.
Truth on the March (1901).
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Every time science takes a step forward, it is because some fool pushed it without meaning to.
The Joy of Life (1884).
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Religion tolerated many weaknesses, as long as appearances were kept up.
Nana (1880).
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12
Discipline means obedience.
"J'accuse…!", L'Aurore (1898).
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No happiness is possible in ignorance; certainty alone makes life calm.
Doctor Pascal (1893).
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A man's sobs have a heartbreaking dryness.
The Fortune of the Rougons (1871).
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