Jean Rostand Quotes
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The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.
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Science had better not free the minds of men too much, before it has tamed their instincts.
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The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God.
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We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.
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God, that dumping ground of our dreams.
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A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time.
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Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that.
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Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.
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A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in.
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A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.
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Theories pass. The frog remains.
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Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.
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To be adult is to be alone.
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Far too often the choices reality proposes are such as to take away one's taste for choosing.
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Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become.
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Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.
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Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.
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I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance.
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There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost.
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I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.
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It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls.
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Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.
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Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.
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One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void.