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Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.

Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.

Jean Rostand
Greatness, Order, Gains
Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”

The biologist passes. The frog stays the same.

Jean Rostand
Frogs, Biologist

I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance.

Jean Rostand
Thinking, Different, Appearance
Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”

I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence.

Jean Rostand
Thinking, Understanding, Few Words
Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”

On tue un homme, on est un assassin. On tue des millions d'hommes, on est un conquérant. On les tue tous, on est un dieu. Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.

Jean Rostand
God, Men, Assassins
Pensees d'un Biologiste ch. 5 (1939) See Porteus 1; Edward Young 3

God, that checkroom of our dreams.

Jean Rostand
God, Dream, Our Dreams

Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt.

Jean Rostand
Respect, Fame, Renown
Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”

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