Jean Rostand
Jean Rostand
Jean Rostandwas a French biologist and philosopher...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth30 October 1894
CountryFrance
marriage simplify
Marriage simplifies life and complicates the day.
vices ideals
In our ideals we unwittingly reveal our vices.
believe return praise
We bestow on others praise in which we do not believe, on condition that in return they bestow upon us praise in which we do.
struggle goal desire
To live is often to struggle toward goals one has no desire to reach.
eye artist inspire
To be able to observe with a stranger's eye helps one to see with an artist's eye. What alienates us inspires.
art sacrifice income
In art as in life the valid sacrifices are those that bring no income.
people dont-trust copies
Quotations--always inexact. I don't trust people who cannot even copy out.
cutting size wells
There are some persons we could not cut down to size without diminishing ourselves as well.
believe goal atheism
What makes our opponents useful is that they allow us to believe that without them we would be able to realize our goals.
frogs biologist
The biologist passes. The frog stays the same.
lying believe recognition
We find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: why should anyone lie in telling us the truth?
circles literature careful
Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate circle
truth shapes littles
There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost.
jobs teaching men
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.