Famous Jean Rostand Quotations

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"In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's."
by Jean Rostand
"Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said."
by Jean Rostand
"A man is not old as long as he is seeking something."
by Jean Rostand
"Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god."
by Jean Rostand
"Kill one man and you are a murderer. Kill millions and you are a conqueror. Kill all and you are a God."
by Jean Rostand
"My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists."
by Jean Rostand
"My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists."
by Jean Rostand
"My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists."
by Jean Rostand
"To be an adult is to be alone."
by Jean Rostand
"It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls."
by Jean Rostand
"The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God."
by Jean Rostand
"Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are."
by Jean Rostand
"There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past."
by Jean Rostand
"I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan."
by Jean Rostand
"Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness."
by Jean Rostand
"We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds."
by Jean Rostand
"I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance."
by Jean Rostand
"To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should."
by Jean Rostand
"To be adult is to be alone."
by Jean Rostand
"It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths."
by Jean Rostand
"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."
by Jean Rostand
"It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed."
by Jean Rostand
"In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day."
by Jean Rostand
"We are not na?ve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job."
by Jean Rostand
"The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to."
by Jean Rostand
"Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable."
by Jean Rostand
"Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth."
by Jean Rostand
"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."
by Jean Rostand
"To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts."
by Jean Rostand
"Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it."
by Jean Rostand
"I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence."
by Jean Rostand
"The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious."
by Jean Rostand


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