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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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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.

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

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...

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...

To be an adult is to be alone.

To be an adult is to be alone.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.

Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.

Theories pass. The frog remains.

Theories pass. The frog remains.

Hatred, for the man who is not engaged in it, is a little like the...

Hatred, for the man who is not engaged in it, is a little like the...

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.