Jean Rostand
Jean Rostand
Jean Rostandwas a French biologist and philosopher...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth30 October 1894
CountryFrance
lying book reality
I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.
god men assassins
On tue un homme, on est un assassin. On tue des millions d'hommes, on est un conquérant. On les tue tous, on est un dieu. Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.
opinion very-deep rooted
It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.
science men mind
Science had better not free the minds of men too much, before it has tamed their instincts.
life growing-up light
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?
agreement soul may
It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls.
lying yesterday today
In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.
men hatred atheism
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.
funny sincerity pessimism
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.
thinking understanding few-words
I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence.
book men discovery
If a given scientist had not made a given discovery, someone else would have done so a little later. Johann Mendel dies unknown after having discovered the laws of heredity: thirty-five years later, three men rediscover them. But the book that is not written will never be written. The premature death of a great scientist delays humanity; that of a great writer deprives it.
greatness order gains
Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.
judging criticism praise
I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.
void parades situation
One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void.