Jean Rostand
Jean Rostand
Jean Rostandwas a French biologist and philosopher...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth30 October 1894
CountryFrance
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.
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.
lying believe recognition
We find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: why should anyone lie in telling us the truth?
believe giving long
We give others praise which we ourselves don't believe, as long as they respond with praise we can believe.
god
One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god
ask conflict men merely pure whose
We are not nanve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.
men killing-a-man murderer
Kill one man, and you are murderer
truth errors attention
It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.
truth fighting mind
Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.
fame renown contempt
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..
truth race littles
There are big and little truths, but all belong to the same race.
men thinking certain
To say of men that they are bad is to say they are worse than we think we are, or worse than the ideal man whose image we have built up on the basis of a certain few.
teacher hard-work science
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.
frogs facts grenouille
Le biologiste passe, la grenouille reste. The biologist passes, the frog remains.