Jean Rostand
Jean Rostand
Jean Rostandwas a French biologist and philosopher...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth30 October 1894
CountryFrance
eye artist inspire
To be able to observe with a stranger's eye helps one to see with an artist's eye. What alienates us inspires.
art sacrifice income
In art as in life the valid sacrifices are those that bring no income.
people dont-trust copies
Quotations--always inexact. I don't trust people who cannot even copy out.
cutting size wells
There are some persons we could not cut down to size without diminishing ourselves as well.
believe goal atheism
What makes our opponents useful is that they allow us to believe that without them we would be able to realize our goals.
frogs biologist
The biologist passes. The frog stays the same.
lying believe recognition
We find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: why should anyone lie in telling us the truth?
circles literature careful
Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate circle
truth shapes littles
There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost.
jobs teaching men
We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.
party order three
In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.
past men wish
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
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.
should-have use paradise
I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell.