Jean Rostand Quotes & Sayings

“Theories pass. The frog remains.”

“One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god.”

“Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.”

“When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is never any error so gross that it won't one day, from some perspective, appear prophetic.”

“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.”

“Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.”

“Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.”

“Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.”

“Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.”

“A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time.”