Jean Rostand Quotes

• The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.

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  Kill a man, one is a murderer; Kill a million, a conqueror; Kill them all, a God.

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• Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.

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• Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.

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

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

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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.

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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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• Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

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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.

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

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

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• Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

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

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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.

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

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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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Jean Rostand (58)

Birth:	30th October, 1894
Death:	4th September, 1977
Nationality:	French
Profession:	Biologist, Philosopher, Writer

About

Jean Rostand was born in Paris, France. He was a French biologist, philosopher and science writer. His scientific work covered a variety of biological fields such as amphibian embryology, parthenogenesis and teratogeny, while his literary output extended into popular science, history of science and philosophy. He was active in several causes, in particular against nuclear proliferation and the death penalty. He was elected to the Académie française in 1959. He wrote several books include: La loi des riches, Pensées d'un biologiste, Charles Darwin, Carnet d'un biologiste, The substance of man, Larousse science of life, and Bestiario del amor.

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