Jean Rostand Quotes
"Thoughts of a Biologist". 1939.
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.
"Thoughts of a Biologist". 1939.
In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.
Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”
When I was young I pitied the old. Now old, it is the young I pity.
Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”
Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”
Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”
To live is often to struggle toward goals one has no desire to reach.
Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”
The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious.
Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”
Science had better not free the minds of men too much, before it has tamed their instincts.
Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”
There are some persons we could not cut down to size without diminishing ourselves as well.
Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”
I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell.
Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”
Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”
The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.
Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”