Jean Rostand Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“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.”

“The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God.”

“To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should.”

“I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.”

“In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.”

“Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.”

“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.”

“Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said.”

“The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.”

“There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost.”