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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might...

There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might...

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

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

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

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...

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 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.

God, that dumping ground of our dreams.

God, that dumping ground of our dreams.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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.