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Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.

Emile Zola

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Emile Zola
Age: 62 †
Born: 1840
Born: January 1
Died: 1902
Died: January 1
Art Critic
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Photographer
Playwright
Poet
Political Journalist
Short Story Writer
Theatre Critic
Paris
France
Emile Edouard Charles Antoine Zola
Perfection
Often
Nuisance
Cured
Tobacco
Smoking
Using
Regret

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