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.

Quote by Jean Rostand

Topics: Jean Rostand Quotes

Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much...

Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much...

To be an adult is to be alone.

To be an adult is to be alone.

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its...

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its...

Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.

Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.

A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would...

A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would...

It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.

It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.

Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing...

Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing...

To be adult is to be alone.

To be adult is to be alone.

One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order...

One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order...

Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are...

Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are...

Theories pass. The frog remains.

Theories pass. The frog remains.

One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the...

One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the...

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined...

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined...

Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole...

Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole...

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined...

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined...

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.

Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace...

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace...

Putting a computer in front of a child and expecting it to teach him is...

Putting a computer in front of a child and expecting it to teach him is...