"Respect you? You who have brought shame on us all by your greed.»

- Te respecter ... toi ... qui nous as tous déshonorés, par ta cupidité!

Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean

Pierre et Jean

Maupassant, Guy de

Pierre and Jean

Maupassant, Guy de

As his brother had just said, what mattered the stains, the egotism and greed of politicians, if humanity were still on the march, ever slowly and stubbornly stepping forward!

Son frère venait de le dire, qu’importaient, dans la politique, les tares des hommes, les mobiles d’égoïsme et de jouissance, si, de son pas lent et obstiné, l’humanité marchait toujours !

Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris

Les Trois Villes - Paris

Zola, Emile

The Three Cities - Paris

Zola, Emile

His envious rage and slothful greed were increased by certain successive accidents which compelled him to resume work.

Ses rages de fainéant envieux et affamé s’accrurent encore, à la suite d’accidents successifs qui l’obligèrent à se remettre au travail.

Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon

La Fortune des Rougon

Zola, Emile

The Fortune of the Rougons

Zola, Emile

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Those Fathers of the Grotto, who showed such greed in trading on the work of Bernadette, dreaded her still more now that she was dead than they had done whilst she was alive.

Cette Bernadette, dont les pères de la Grotte exploitaient l’œuvre si âprement, ils la redoutaient plus encore morte que vivante.

Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes

Les Trois Villes - Lourdes

Zola, Emile

The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes

Zola, Emile

He had now begun to shave M. de Guersaint's right cheek; and was inveighing against the Fathers of the Immaculate Conception, whose greed for gain was the one cause of all the misunderstanding.

Il venait de passer à la joue droite, il concluait furieusement contre les pères de l’Immaculée-Conception, dont l’âpreté était l’unique cause du désaccord.

Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes

Les Trois Villes - Lourdes

Zola, Emile

The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes

Zola, Emile