Famous Quotes / Jean Rostand
52 Quotations by Jean Rostand
- 41. There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
- 42. To be adult is to be alone.
- 43. To be an adult is to be alone.
- 44. To hate fatigues.
- 45. To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should.
- 46. To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts.
- 47. To say of men that they are bad is to say they are worse than we think we are, or worse than the ide ...
- 48. Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.
- 49. We are not naive enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict ...
- 50. We find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: Why should anyone lie in telling us the truth?
- 51. We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.
- 52. When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than ...