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 contemptfeelhave Change image and share on social
The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious. Jean Rostand powersuspiciousvocation Change image and share on social
To say of men that they are bad is to say they are worse than we think we are, or worse than the ideal man whose image we have built up on the basis of a certain few. Jean Rostand badbadlybasis Change image and share on social
Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we. Jean Rostand arraybadcruelty Change image and share on social
Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are. Jean Rostand criticfairheed Change image and share on social
Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it. Jean Rostand fightgreatmind Change image and share on social
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. Jean Rostand beginbodychance Change image and share on social
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past. Jean Rostand buildfutureman Change image and share on social
To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should. Jean Rostand idealove Change image and share on social
I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell. Jean Rostand deprivehellparadise Change image and share on social
