Jean Rostand Quotes - Page 3

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• To say of men that they are bad is to say they are worse than we think we are, or worse than the ideal man whose image we have built up on the basis of a certain few.

  Jean Rostand

  Men, Thinking, Certain

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

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• Kill one man, and you are murderer.

  Jean Rostand

  Men, Killing A Man, Murderer

  "Thoughts of a Biologist". 1939.

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• There are things that don't deserve to be said briefly.

  Jean Rostand

  Said, Deserve

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• Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

  Jean Rostand

  Beauty, Art, Being Beautiful

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

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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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• My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.

  Jean Rostand

  Funny, Pessimism, Sincerity

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• In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.

  Jean Rostand

  Party, Order, Three

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

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• There are big and little truths, but all belong to the same race.

  Jean Rostand

  Truth, Race, Littles

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

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• We bestow on others praise in which we do not believe, on condition that in return they bestow upon us praise in which we do.

  Jean Rostand

  Believe, Return, Praise

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• Theories pass. The frog remains.

  Jean Rostand

  Frogs, Theory, Remains

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• One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it.

  Jean Rostand

  Science, Discovery, Order

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

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• Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become.

  Jean Rostand

  Destiny, Men, Equal

  Jean Rostand (1959). “Can Man be Modified?”

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• One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void.

  Jean Rostand

  Void, Parades, Interest

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

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• It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.

  Jean Rostand

  Truth, Mistake, Science

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

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• It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the teacher who backs him or the student who honors him.

  Jean Rostand

  Teacher, Hard Work, Science

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

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• Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.

  Jean Rostand

  Thinking, Computer, Classroom

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• Far too often the choices reality proposes are such as to take away one's taste for choosing.

  Jean Rostand

  Reality, Choices, Taste

  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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• Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.

  Jean Rostand

  Funny, Marriage, Witty

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• It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.

  Jean Rostand

  Opinion, Very Deep, Rooted

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

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• What scientist would not long to go on living, if only to see how the little truths he has brought to light will grow up?

  Jean Rostand

  Life, Growing Up, Science

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

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• Quotations--always inexact. I don't trust people who cannot even copy out.

  Jean Rostand

  People, Don't Trust, Copies

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• I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.

  Jean Rostand

  Lying, Book, Reality

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

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• Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do without a correct understanding of her language

  Jean Rostand

  Men, Yield, Understanding

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

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• It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls.

  Jean Rostand

  Agreement, Soul, May

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

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