We find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: why should anyone lie in telling us the truth? — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths. — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
What scientist would not long to go on living, if only to see how the little truths he has brought to light… — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
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 Image
When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In… — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
“My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.” — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists. — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
Le biologiste passe, la grenouille reste. The biologist passes, the frog remains. — 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
It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls. — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
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 Image
Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you. — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God. — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
