Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you… — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
Kill one man and you're a murderer, kill a million and you're a conqueror. — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the… — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
Science had better not free the minds of men too much, before it has tamed their instincts. — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past. — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do without a correct understanding of her language — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
To say of men that they are bad is to say they are worse than we think we are, or worse than… — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
If a given scientist had not made a given discovery, someone else would have done so a little later. Johann Mendel dies… — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
Le biologiste passe, la grenouille reste. The biologist passes, the frog remains. — Jean Rostand Copy Share
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past. — Jean Rostand Copy Share
It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls. — Jean Rostand Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you. — Jean Rostand Copy Share
Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. — Jean Rostand Copy Share
The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God. — Jean Rostand Copy Share
Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a… — Jean Rostand Copy Share
Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret their not ranking among the… — Jean Rostand Copy Share
There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost. — Jean Rostand Copy Share
