There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost.

Quote by Jean Rostand

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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.

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...

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

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...

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.

Theories pass. The frog remains.

Theories pass. The frog remains.

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....

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 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.

Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.

Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.

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

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

The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same.

The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same.

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.

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...

To be an adult is to be alone.

To be an adult is to be alone.

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...

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...

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.

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...