Jean Rostand
Jean Rostand
Jean Rostandwas a French biologist and philosopher...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth30 October 1894
CountryFrance
book forgettable prerequisites
Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable.
should-have use paradise
I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell.
book writing past
The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.
frogs biologist
The biologist passes. The frog stays the same.
struggle goal desire
To live is often to struggle toward goals one has no desire to reach.
vices ideals
In our ideals we unwittingly reveal our vices.
marriage simplify
Marriage simplifies life and complicates the day.
truth fighting mind
Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.
truth future science
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.
time hard-work science
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.
funny sincerity pessimism
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.
science men mind
Science had better not free the minds of men too much, before it has tamed their instincts.
party order three
In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.
teacher hard-work science
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.