Jean Rostand Quotes
Top 76 wise famous quotes and sayings by Jean Rostand
Jean Rostand Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate circle
The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.
To be able to observe with a stranger's eye helps one to see with an artist's eye. What alienates us inspires.
We give others praise which we ourselves don't believe, as long as they respond with praise we can believe.
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.
Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.
What makes our opponents useful is that they allow us to believe that without them we would be able to realize our goals.
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.
One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is 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.
It is horrible to see everything that one detested in the past coming back wearing the colors of the future.
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.
There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost.
It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls.
Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said.
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?
A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time.
I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.
I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance.
Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do without a correct understanding of her language