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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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 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...

In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.

In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.

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...

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their...

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their...

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.

The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same.

The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same.

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.

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...

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.

Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering....

Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

To be adult is to be alone.

To be adult is to be alone.

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...

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;...