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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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...

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

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

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...

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

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....

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...

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...

Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.

Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...