And it was not merely the physical sores which cried aloud for cure, the whole of man's moral and intellectual being likewise shrieked forth its wretchedness, with an insatiable yearning for happiness.

Et ce n’étaient pas seulement les plaies physiques qui criaient du besoin d’être guéries, tout l’être moral et intellectuel clamait sa misère, dans un désir insatiable de bonheur.

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

Was it he who had unconsciously created that symbol of insatiable passion, that unhuman presentment of flesh, which had become transformed into gold and diamonds under his fingers, in his vain effort to make it live?

Était-ce lui qui, sans le savoir, était l’ouvrier de ce symbole du désir insatiable, de cette image extra-humaine de la chair, devenue de l’or et du diamant entre ses doigts, dans son vain effort d’en faire de la vie?

Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre

L'Oeuvre

Zola, Emile

His Masterpiece

Zola, Emile

In her inmost being insatiable passion still lingered; she was still the sensuous woman with thick lips set in obstinately prominent jaws.

Au fond d’elle, l’insatiable amour grondait, elle demeurait la chair de passion, la sensuelle aux lèvres fortes dans la saillie têtue des mâchoires.

Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre

L'Oeuvre

Zola, Emile

His Masterpiece

Zola, Emile

Admirable exchange takes place here; and even as love is insatiable in its craving for love, so is consciousness insatiable in its craving for growth, for moral uplifting; and moral uplifting for ever is yearning for consciousness.

Il y a ici d'admirables échanges; et de même que l'amour est insatiable d'amour, toute conscience est insatiable d'extension, d'élévation morale, et toute élévation morale est insatiable de conscience.

Maeterlinck, Maurice / Wisdom and DestinyMaeterlinck, Maurice / La sagesse et la destinee

La sagesse et la destinee

Maeterlinck, Maurice

Wisdom and Destiny

Maeterlinck, Maurice

There is also that insensate and insatiable bourgeoisie, which will let itself be crushed by the fall of the shaky old house, rather than allow the least repair to it!

Cette bourgeoisie affolée, jamais assouvie, qui va se laisser écraser par la chute de la vieille maison branlante, plutôt que d’y tolérer la moindre réparation !

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

Les Trois Villes - Paris

Zola, Emile

The Three Cities - Paris

Zola, Emile

And one and all made haste, and devoured with the ravenous hunger born of their fatigue, that insatiable appetite which so often follows upon great moral shocks.

Tous se hâtaient, dévoraient, dans la fringale de leur fatigue, cet appétit insatiable que donnent les grandes secousses morales.

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

The voracious, insatiable Grotto was bent upon securing everything, and to such a point were things carried that five hundred franc notes slipped into the collection-box at the Basilica were kept back; the box was rifled and the parish robbed.

La Grotte vorace, la Grotte insatiable voulait tout, dévorait tout ; et les choses allèrent à ce point, que des billets de cinq cents francs mis dans le tronc, à la Basilique, furent gardés : on dépouillait le tronc, on volait la paroisse.

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

In spite of her real passion she was never meditative, self-contained, or reverent, like Henriette; on the contrary she was insatiable as a sandy soil.

Malgré sa passion réelle, je ne sentais jamais rien de recueilli, de saint, de profond comme chez Henriette; elle était toujours insatiable comme une terre sablonneuse.

Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee

Le Lys dans la vallee

Balzac, Honore de

The Lily of the Valley

Balzac, Honore de