On the brink of being satiated, desire still appears infinite. — Jean Rostand Desire Copy Share Image
Le biologiste passe, la grenouille reste. The biologist passes, the frog remains. — Jean Rostand Biologist Copy Share Image
In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's. — Jean Rostand Politics Copy Share Image
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past. — Jean Rostand Built 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 Enough 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 Book Copy Share Image
Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you. — Jean Rostand Marriage Copy Share Image
Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. — Jean Rostand Ability Copy Share Image
The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God. — Jean Rostand Divine 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… — Jean Rostand Badass 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… — Jean Rostand Beautiful Copy Share Image
Quotations--always inexact. I don't trust people who cannot even copy out. — Jean Rostand Copies Copy Share Image
Kill one man and you're a murderer, kill a million and you're a conqueror. — Jean Rostand Cliffhanger 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 Cost Copy Share Image
A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a… — Jean Rostand Body Copy Share Image
Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become. — Jean Rostand Destined Copy Share Image
I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence. — Jean Rostand Few words Copy Share Image
I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books. — Jean Rostand Books Copy Share Image
It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of. — Jean Rostand Forget Copy Share Image
In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day. — Jean Rostand Day Copy Share Image
“Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are… — Jean Rostand God Copy Share Image
Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a… — Jean Rostand Scene Copy Share Image
