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.

Quote by Jean Rostand

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To be an adult is to be alone.

To be an adult is to be alone.

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

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

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...

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

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

Theories pass. The frog remains.

Theories pass. The frog remains.

To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts.

To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts.

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...

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.

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

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

It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not...

It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not...

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.

I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the...

I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the...

It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.

It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.

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...

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...

Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.

Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.

A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few...

A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few...

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame

Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame