Quotes by Jean Rostand

Jean Rostand

Jean Rostand

French writer

Lived from: 1894 - 1977

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagFrance

Born: 30 october 1894 Died: 4 september 1977

  • One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it.
  • There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
  • 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.

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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.
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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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  • A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.
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  • Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.
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  • Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said.
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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.
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  • God, that checkroom of our dreams.
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  • God, that dumping ground of our dreams.
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  • Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.
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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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  • I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.
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  • I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell.
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  • I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence.
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  • I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance.
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  • In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.
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  • In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.
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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.
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  • It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of.
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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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What are the most famous quotes from Jean Rostand?

The two most famous quotes from Jean Rostand are:

  • "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."
  • "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."

When did Jean Rostand live?

Jean Rostand was born in 1894 and died in the year 1977.