Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it. Jean Rostand More Quotes by Jean Rostand More Quotes From Jean Rostand 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. Jean Rostand certain men thinking Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we. Jean Rostand vanity stupid faith Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. Jean Rostand said feelings giving To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should. Jean Rostand littles love ideas Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret their not ranking among the achievements of the human mind. Jean Rostand regret mistake beautiful To be adult is to be alone. Jean Rostand being-alone loneliness time The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to. Jean Rostand reading writing book A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in. Jean Rostand hard-work time science We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds. Jean Rostand modesty watches Marriage simplifies life and complicates the day. Jean Rostand simplify marriage One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it. Jean Rostand discovery order science It is horrible to see everything that one detested in the past coming back wearing the colors of the future. Jean Rostand government color past If a given scientist had not made a given discovery, someone else would have done so a little later. Johann Mendel dies unknown after having discovered the laws of heredity: thirty-five years later, three men rediscover them. But the book that is not written will never be written. The premature death of a great scientist delays humanity; that of a great writer deprives it. Jean Rostand men science book To live is often to struggle toward goals one has no desire to reach. Jean Rostand goal struggle desire To be able to observe with a stranger's eye helps one to see with an artist's eye. What alienates us inspires. Jean Rostand eye artist inspire To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts. Jean Rostand thinking There are some persons we could not cut down to size without diminishing ourselves as well. Jean Rostand size wells cutting It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths. Jean Rostand truth mistake science Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth. Jean Rostand scientist truth science Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are. Jean Rostand fairs critics criticism
