Jean Rostand

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

Jean Rostand

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prefer , honest , jargon

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

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should , use , paradise , which

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When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is never any error so gross that it won't one day, from some perspective, appear prophetic.

Jean Rostand

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future

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There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost.

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moments , very , little

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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.

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think , am , those

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To be an adult is to be alone.

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adult

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

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judge , regime , damning

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In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.

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politics

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God, that checkroom of our dreams.

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our

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My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.

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pessimism , point , even , suspecting , sincerity

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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.

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faith

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

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still , understand , few

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Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

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art

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One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it.

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must , credit , hypothesis

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

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order , gain , must

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We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

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must , watch , over

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One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void.

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must , either , take

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

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love , idea

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

Jean Rostand

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judge , regime , damning

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

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order , gain , must

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

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books , written , past

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The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God.

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divine , perhaps , quality

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

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may , offend , us

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Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.

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take , heed , critics

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A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time.

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married , couple , well

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Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

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nothing , more , admirable

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Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.

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never , feel , remorse

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To be an adult is to be alone.

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adult

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The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

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only , things , admire , length , those

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The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious.

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least , power , vocation

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