Jean Rostand

Scientist

135 Quotes

The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.

The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.

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

Sungguh mengerikan melihat semua kebencian di masa lalu kembali dengan warna masa depan.

I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence.

To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts.

Kecantikan, dalam seni, sering kali hanya keburukan yang diredam.

Karena tidak ada yang dapat dipahami, tidak mengikuti hukum dugaan masuk akal.

Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.

Menjadi dewasa adalah menjadi diri sendiri.

Saya mencoba untuk memberikan hati nurani yang buruk pada keputusasaan saya.

Kami membunuh seorang pria, kami adalah seorang pembunuh. Kami membunuh jutaan orang, kami adalah penakluk. Kami membunuh mereka semua, kami adalah dewa.

Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt.

To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should.

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.

I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.

Saya merasa sangat optimis tentang masa depan pesimisme.

Setiap kali kita mendengar dua hal, marilah kita segera berpikir bahwa, dari dua hal, itu mungkin ada yang ketiga.

It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls.

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

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