Jean Rostand

Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#brief #certain #feeling #give #nothing

God, that dumping ground of our dreams. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#dumping #god #ground #our #our dreams

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

— Jean Rostand

#consent #gain #greatness #must #often

I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#damning #i #judge #opposition #partisan

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

— Jean Rostand

#honest #i #jargon #lies #outright

I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#hell #i #paradise #prefer #right

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

— Jean Rostand

#i #life #longer #make #sentence

I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#appearance #completely #different #glance #i

In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#oneself #order #ought #party #remain

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

#backs #easy #exception #him #honors