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Jean Rostand quotes: We bestow on others praise in which we do not believe, on condition that in return they bestow upon us praise in which we do. We bestow on others praise in which we do not believe, on condition that in return they bestow upon us praise in which we do.
Jean Rostand quotes: We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be. We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.
Jean Rostand quotes: Far too often the choices reality proposes are such as to take away one's taste for choosing. Far too often the choices reality proposes are such as to take away one's taste for choosing.
Jean Rostand quotes: To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts. To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts.
Jean Rostand quotes: God, that checkroom of our dreams. God, that checkroom of our dreams.
Jean Rostand quotes: Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate circle Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate circle
Jean Rostand quotes: I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books. I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.
Jean Rostand quotes: In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's. In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.
Jean Rostand quotes: Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it. Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.
Jean Rostand quotes: The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to. The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.
Jean Rostand quotes: I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence. I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence.
Jean Rostand quotes: One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it. One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it.
Jean Rostand quotes: Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable. Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable.
Jean Rostand quotes: In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day. In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.
Jean Rostand quotes: To be able to observe with a stranger's eye helps one to see with an artist's eye. What alienates us inspires. To be able to observe with a stranger's eye helps one to see with an artist's eye. What alienates us inspires.
Jean Rostand quotes: It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of. It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of.
Jean Rostand quotes: Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are. Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.
Jean Rostand quotes: One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void. One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void.
Jean Rostand quotes: We give others praise which we ourselves don't believe, as long as they respond with praise we can believe. We give others praise which we ourselves don't believe, as long as they respond with praise we can believe.
Jean Rostand quotes: To be adult is to be alone. To be adult is to be alone.
Jean Rostand quotes: In our ideals we unwittingly reveal our vices. In our ideals we unwittingly reveal our vices.
Jean Rostand quotes: On the brink of being satiated, desire still appears infinite. On the brink of being satiated, desire still appears infinite.
Jean Rostand quotes: Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued. Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.
Jean Rostand quotes: There are big and little truths, but all belong to the same race. There are big and little truths, but all belong to the same race.
Jean Rostand quotes: Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men. Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.
Jean Rostand quotes: Hatred, for the man who is not engaged in it, is a little like the odor of garlic for one who hasn't eaten any. Hatred, for the man who is not engaged in it, is a little like the odor of garlic for one who hasn't eaten any.
Jean Rostand quotes: Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness. Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.
Jean Rostand quotes: Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you. Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.
Jean Rostand quotes: Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us. Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.
Jean Rostand quotes: What makes our opponents useful is that they allow us to believe that without them we would be able to realize our goals. What makes our opponents useful is that they allow us to believe that without them we would be able to realize our goals.
Jean Rostand quotes: Marriage simplifies life and complicates the day. Marriage simplifies life and complicates the day.
Jean Rostand quotes: There are things that don't deserve to be said briefly. There are things that don't deserve to be said briefly.
Jean Rostand quotes: Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we. Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we.
Jean Rostand quotes: One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god. One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god.
Jean Rostand quotes: It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed. It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.
Jean Rostand quotes: Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god. Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.
Jean Rostand quotes: The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same. The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same.
Jean Rostand quotes: The biologist passes. The frog stays the same. The biologist passes. The frog stays the same.
Jean Rostand quotes: It is horrible to see everything that one detested in the past coming back wearing the colors of the future. It is horrible to see everything that one detested in the past coming back wearing the colors of the future.
Jean Rostand quotes: Quotationsalways inexact. I don't trust people who cannot even copy out. Quotations
always inexact. I don't trust people who cannot even copy out.
Jean Rostand quotes: Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt. Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt.
Jean Rostand quotes: In art as in life the valid sacrifices are those that bring no income. In art as in life the valid sacrifices are those that bring no income.
Jean Rostand quotes: Kill one man, and you are murderer Kill one man, and you are murderer
Jean Rostand quotes: Kill a man and you're a murderer. Kill many and you're a conqueror. Kill them all, you're a god. Kill a man and you're a murderer. Kill many and you're a conqueror. Kill them all, you're a god.
Jean Rostand quotes: There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost. There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost.
Jean Rostand quotes: It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls. It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls.
Jean Rostand quotes: I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell. I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell.
Jean Rostand quotes: The obligation to endure gives us the right to know. The obligation to endure gives us the right to know.
Jean Rostand quotes: Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said.
Jean Rostand quotes: What scientist would not long to go on living, if only to see how the little truths he has brought to light will grow up? What scientist would not long to go on living, if only to see how the little truths he has brought to light will grow up?
Jean Rostand quotes: The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious. The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious.
Jean Rostand quotes: My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists. My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
Jean Rostand quotes: A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time. A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time.
Jean Rostand quotes: God, that dumping ground of our dreams. God, that dumping ground of our dreams.
Jean Rostand quotes: The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions. The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.
Jean Rostand quotes: Theories pass. The frog remains. Theories pass. The frog remains.
Jean Rostand quotes: Kill one man and you're a murderer, kill a million and you're a conqueror. Kill one man and you're a murderer, kill a million and you're a conqueror.
Jean Rostand quotes: The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God. The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God.
Jean Rostand quotes: I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan. I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.
Jean Rostand quotes: I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance. I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance.
Jean Rostand quotes: To live is often to struggle toward goals one has no desire to reach. To live is often to struggle toward goals one has no desire to reach.
Jean Rostand quotes: There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past. There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
Jean Rostand quotes: Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do without a correct understanding of her language Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do without a correct understanding of her language
Jean Rostand quotes: Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become. Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become.
Jean Rostand quotes: Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth. Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.
Jean Rostand quotes: There are some persons we could not cut down to size without diminishing ourselves as well. There are some persons we could not cut down to size without diminishing ourselves as well.
Jean Rostand quotes: Being right is less important to us than the freedom to be wrong. Being right is less important to us than the freedom to be wrong.
Jean Rostand quotes: It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths. It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.
Jean Rostand quotes: A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.
Jean Rostand quotes: Science had better not free the minds of men too much, before it has tamed their instincts. Science had better not free the minds of men too much, before it has tamed their instincts.
Jean Rostand quotes: Kill one man and you are a murderer. Kill millions and you are a conqueror. Kill all and you are a God. Kill one man and you are a murderer. Kill millions and you are a conqueror. Kill all and you are a God.
Jean Rostand quotes: We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds. We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.
Jean Rostand quotes: When I was young I pitied the old. Now old, it is the young I pity. When I was young I pitied the old. Now old, it is the young I pity.
Jean Rostand quotes: We find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: why should anyone lie in telling us the truth? We find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: why should anyone lie in telling us the truth?
Jean Rostand quotes: To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should. To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should.
Jean Rostand quotes: A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it. A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.

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