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• The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious.

  Jean Rostand

  Power, Vocation, Suspicious

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

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• What makes our opponents useful is that they allow us to believe that without them we would be able to realize our goals.

  Jean Rostand

  Believe, Goal, Atheism

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• Hatred, for the man who is not engaged in it, is a little like the odor of garlic for one who hasn't eaten any.

  Jean Rostand

  Men, Hatred, Atheism

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• To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts.

  Jean Rostand

  Thinking

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

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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.

  Jean Rostand

  Mouths, Pebbles, Scene

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• We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.

  Jean Rostand

  Jobs, Teaching, Men

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• The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God.

  Jean Rostand

  God, Atheist, Men

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• To be able to observe with a stranger's eye helps one to see with an artist's eye. What alienates us inspires.

  Jean Rostand

  Eye, Artist, Inspire

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

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• In art as in life the valid sacrifices are those that bring no income.

  Jean Rostand

  Art, Sacrifice, Income

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

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• There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.

  Jean Rostand

  Future, Past, Men

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

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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.

  Jean Rostand

  Judging, Criticism, Praise

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

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• Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate circle

  Jean Rostand

  Circles, Literature, Careful

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• Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret their not ranking among the achievements of the human mind.

  Jean Rostand

  Beautiful, Regret, Mistake

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

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• Le biologiste passe, la grenouille reste.
  The biologist passes, the frog remains.

  Jean Rostand

  Frogs, Facts, Grenouille

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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.

  Jean Rostand

  Book, Reading, Writing

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

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• Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.

  Jean Rostand

  Criticism, Critics, Fairs

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

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• Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable.

  Jean Rostand

  Book, Reading, Forgettable

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

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• It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of.

  Jean Rostand

  Knowledge, Science, Important

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

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• We find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: why should anyone lie in telling us the truth?

  Jean Rostand

  Lying, Believe, Recognition

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• To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should.

  Jean Rostand

  Love, Ideas, Littles

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• A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.

  Jean Rostand

  Heart, Power, Humanity

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

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• Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.

  Jean Rostand

  Truth, Fighting, Mind

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

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• A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time.

  Jean Rostand

  Anniversary, Marriage, Couple

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• We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

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  Watches, Modesty

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

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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.

  Jean Rostand

  Time, Hard Work, Science

  1939 'Pense es d'un Biologiste', collected inThe Substance of Man (translated by Irma Brandeis,1962).

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