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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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.

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.

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

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

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...

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.

To be an adult is to be alone.

To be an adult is to be alone.

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...

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...

To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts.

To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current,...

When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current,...