Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.

Quote by Jean Rostand

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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.

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...

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...

There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of...

There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of...

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...

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;...

The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack...

The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack...

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.

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.

To be an adult is to be alone.

To be an adult is to be alone.

Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.

Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.

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...

Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it

Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...