Jean Rostand Quotes - Page 4

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• One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god.

  Jean Rostand

  Military, Men, Assassins

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• The biologist passes. The frog stays the same.

  Jean Rostand

  Frogs, Biologist

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• God, that checkroom of our dreams.

  Jean Rostand

  God, Dream, Our Dreams

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• I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence.

  Jean Rostand

  Thinking, Understanding, Few Words

  Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”

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• When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is never any error so gross that it won't one day, from some perspective, appear prophetic.

  Jean Rostand

  Truth, Future, Science

  Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”

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• Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.

  Jean Rostand

  Greatness, Order, Gains

  Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”

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• On tue un homme, on est un assassin. On tue des millions d'hommes, on est un conquérant. On les tue tous, on est un dieu.
  Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.

  Jean Rostand

  God, Men, Assassins

  Pensees d'un Biologiste ch. 5 (1939) See Porteus 1; Edward Young 3

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