All Jean Rostand Quotes
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.
Jean Rostand in
Science
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Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.
Jean Rostand in
Computers
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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 in
Marriage
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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
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Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conquerer. Kill everyone, and you are a god.
Jean Rostand
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The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God.
Jean Rostand
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We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.
Jean Rostand
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There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
Jean Rostand
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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
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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
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Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt.
Jean Rostand
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My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.
Jean Rostand
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In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.
Jean Rostand
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Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.
Jean Rostand
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