Jean Rostand Quotes - Page 4

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

  Jean Rostand

  Greatness, Order, Gains

  Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”

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• The biologist passes. The frog stays the same.

  Jean Rostand

  Frogs, Biologist

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

  Jean Rostand

  Thinking, Different, Appearance

  Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”

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

  Jean Rostand

  Thinking, Understanding, Few Words

  Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”

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• On tue un homme, on est un assassin. On tue des millions d'hommes, on est un conquérant. On les tue tous, on est un dieu.
  Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.

  Jean Rostand

  God, Men, Assassins

  Pensees d'un Biologiste ch. 5 (1939) See Porteus 1; Edward Young 3

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• God, that checkroom of our dreams.

  Jean Rostand

  God, Dream, Our Dreams

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• 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.

  Jean Rostand

  Respect, Fame, Renown

  Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”

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