To say of men that they are bad is to say they are worse than we think we are, or worse than the ideal man whose image we have built up on the basis of a certain few. – Jean Rostand
Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you. – Jean Rostand
One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it. – Jean Rostand
It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls. – Jean Rostand
The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God. – Jean Rostand
Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood – we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we. – Jean Rostand
A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it. – Jean Rostand
Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that. – Jean Rostand
One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void. – Jean Rostand
Hatred, for the man who is not engaged in it, is a little like the odor of garlic for one who hasn’t eaten any. – Jean Rostand
One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god. – Jean Rostand
In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one’s party three times a day. – Jean Rostand
There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost. – Jean Rostand
It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the teacher who backs him or the student who honors him. – Jean Rostand
I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance. – Jean Rostand
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. – Jean Rostand
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past. – Jean Rostand
