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

Quote by Jean Rostand

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

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

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...

Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they...

Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they...

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...

It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is...

It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is...

To say of men that they are bad is to say they are worse than...

To say of men that they are bad is to say they are worse than...

A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a...

A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a...

I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.

I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.

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...

Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do...

Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do...

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror;...

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror;...

Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity...

Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity...

We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.

We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.

Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.

Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.

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...

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...

God, that dumping ground of our dreams.

God, that dumping ground of our dreams.

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.

Far too often the choices reality proposes are such as to take away one's taste...

Far too often the choices reality proposes are such as to take away one's taste...

A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.

A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.