Jean Rostand
Jean Rostand
Jean Rostandwas a French biologist and philosopher...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth30 October 1894
CountryFrance
funny sincerity pessimism
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.
funny marriage witty
Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.
funny death badass
Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.
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.
criticism critics fairs
Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.