Jean Rostand
France
30 Oct 1894 // 4 Sep 1977
Biologist / Writer
30 Oct 1894 // 4 Sep 1977
Biologist / Writer
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We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be
Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it
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
To hate fatigues
To be adult is to be alone
The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why
Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god
In our ideals we unwittingly reveal our vices
Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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Essays