Jean Rostand quotes - page 3

To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts. (Jean Rostand)
It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths. View quote
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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. View quote
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Hatred, for the man who is not engaged in it, is a little like the odor of garlic for one who hasn't eaten any. View quote
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Far too often the choices reality proposes are such as to take away one's taste for choosing. View quote
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Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth. View quote
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Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do without a correct understanding of her language. View quote
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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. View quote
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Prerequisite for rereadability in books that they be forgettable. View quote
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