When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is never any error so gross that it won't one day, from some perspective, appear prophetic.

Quote by Jean Rostand

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Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.

Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are...

Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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

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

The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't...

The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't...

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...

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

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.

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...

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...

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying...

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying...

Language is the light of the mind

Language is the light of the mind