“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
There are some persons we could not cut down to size without diminishing ourselves as well. — Jean Rostand Cutting 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 Language Copy Share Image
Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I… — Jean Rostand Contempt Copy Share Image
In art as in life the valid sacrifices are those that bring no income. — Jean Rostand Art 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 Goes on 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 Future Copy Share Image
The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious. — Jean Rostand Career Copy Share Image
“On tue un homme, on est un assassin. On tue des millions d'hommes, on est un conquérant. On les tue tous, on… — Jean Rostand A-god Copy Share Image
On tue un homme, on est un assassin. On tue des millions d'hommes, on est un conquérant. On les tue tous, on… — Jean Rostand Assassins Copy Share Image
What makes our opponents useful is that they allow us to believe that without them we would be able to realize our… — Jean Rostand Able Copy Share Image
I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan. — Jean Rostand Criticism Copy Share Image
I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance. — Jean Rostand Appearance Copy Share Image
A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time. — Jean Rostand Couple Copy Share Image
We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds. — Jean Rostand Humility Copy Share Image
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men. — Jean Rostand Made 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 Ask me Copy Share Image
Far too often the choices reality proposes are such as to take away one's taste for choosing. — Jean Rostand Choices Copy Share Image
We find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: why should anyone lie in telling us the truth? — Jean Rostand Believe Copy Share Image
Being right is less important to us than the freedom to be wrong. — Jean Rostand Freedom Copy Share Image
Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness. — Jean Rostand Consent Copy Share Image
