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Émile Zola

Quote of Émile Zola - Knowing where you want to go...


Biography - Émile Zola:

French novelist, playwright and journalist.
Born: 1840 - Died: 1902
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
France

Knowing where you want to go is a good start; but you have to show you are on your way.



Translation

Translation

(French)



French
Savoir où l'on veut aller, c'est très bien ; mais il faut encore montrer qu'on y va.




See also 

See also...



If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

A great part of progress consists in the desire to make progress.




Quotes

Émile Zola also said...


Nothing is ever finished ; only a little happiness is needed for everything to begin again.





I have only one passion, that for light, in the name of humanity which has suffered so much and which has the right to happiness.





A society is only strong when it opens the truth up to the bright light of the sun.





Nothing develops intelligence like travel.





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.





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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