All Jean Rostand Quotes
- The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God. Atheist
- If a given scientist had not made a given discovery, someone else would have done so a little later. Johann Mendel dies unknown after having… Book
- I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence. Few
- Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god. All
- I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books. Book
- It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of. Forget
- Science had better not free the minds of men too much, before it has tamed their instincts. Better
- 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? Brought
- It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths. Attention
- Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth. Astray
- There are big and little truths, but all belong to the same race. All
- There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost. Cost
- Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are. Criticism
- We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their… Ask
- Being right is less important to us than the freedom to be wrong. Freedom
- To say of men that they are bad is to say they are worse than we think we are, or worse than the ideal man… Bad
- We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be. Criticism
- In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day. Day
- God, that checkroom of our dreams. Dream
- There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past. Built
- The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to. Book
- We give others praise which we ourselves don't believe, as long as they respond with praise we can believe. Believe
- I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell. Deprived
- I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance. Appearance
- Kill one man, and you are murderer Inspirational
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