Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret their not ranking among the achievements of the human mind.

Quote by Jean Rostand

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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...

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...

Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate...

Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate...

There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of...

There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of...

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have...

Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have...

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...

To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should.

To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should.

The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious.

The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious.

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...

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.

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

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

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.

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...

The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't...

The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't...

The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack...

The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack...

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...

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

People are always talking about tradition, but they forget we have a tradition of a...

People are always talking about tradition, but they forget we have a tradition of a...

In the faculty of writing nonsense, stupidity is no match for genius.

In the faculty of writing nonsense, stupidity is no match for genius.