To be adult is to be alone.

Quote by Jean Rostand

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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.

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror;...

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror;...

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...

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...

To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts.

To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts.

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...

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

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

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 few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few...

A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few...

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

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

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...

If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we...

If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we...

Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth...

Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth...

The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of...

The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of...

We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of...

We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of...