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.
self-worth important
Being right is less important to us than the freedom to be wrong.
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.
time loneliness being-alone
To be adult is to be alone.
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.
frogs biologist
The biologist passes. The frog stays the same.
vices ideals
In our ideals we unwittingly reveal our vices.
marriage simplify
Marriage simplifies life and complicates the day.
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.
science men mind
Science had better not free the minds of men too much, before it has tamed their instincts.
criticism critics fairs
Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.
watches modesty
We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.