When I was young I pitied the old. Now old, it is the young I pity. — Jean Rostand Inspirational Copy Share Image
One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it. — Jean Rostand Credit Copy Share Image
It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible… — Jean Rostand Easy Copy Share Image
Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conquerer. Kill everyone, and you are… — Jean Rostand God Copy Share Image
It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths. — Jean Rostand Attention 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 Book Copy Share Image
It is horrible to see everything that one detested in the past coming back wearing the colors of the future. — Jean Rostand Color Copy Share Image
Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it. — Jean Rostand Great minds Copy Share Image
Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable. — Jean Rostand Book Copy Share Image
“My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.” — Jean Rostand Pessimism Copy Share Image
The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same. — Jean Rostand Alas Copy Share Image
I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell. — Jean Rostand Deprived Copy Share Image
One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god. — Jean Rostand Conqueror Copy Share Image
We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be. — Jean Rostand Our time Copy Share Image
A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make… — Jean Rostand Enough Copy Share Image
One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void. — Jean Rostand Interest Copy Share Image
To live is often to struggle toward goals one has no desire to reach. — Jean Rostand Desire Copy Share Image
Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are. — Jean Rostand Critics Copy Share Image
There are big and little truths, but all belong to the same race. — Jean Rostand Bigs Copy Share Image
We bestow on others praise in which we do not believe, on condition that in return they bestow upon us praise in… — Jean Rostand Believe Copy Share Image
