Jean Rostand
Jean Rostand
Jean Rostandwas a French biologist and philosopher...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth30 October 1894
CountryFrance
envy gossip people
We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.
education science men
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.
self-worth important
Being right is less important to us than the freedom to be wrong.
funny death badass
Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.
beautiful regret mistake
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.
science discovery order
One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it.
time men long
A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.
knowledge important forget
It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of.
time loneliness being-alone
To be adult is to be alone.
heart power humanity
A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.
independent belief conviction
The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.
funny marriage witty
Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.
frogs theory remains
Theories pass. The frog remains.
void parades situation
One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void.