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62 Top Jean Rostand Quotes That Will Goad You To Achieve Your True Calling

Famous As: French Biologist, Philosopher, and Historian of Science
Born On: October 30, 1894
Died On: September 4, 1977
Born In: Paris, France
Died At Age: 82

Jean Rostand was a celebrated French philosopher and biologist. He is best-known for his works as a science writer, experimental biologist and an activist. His thoughts, works and scientific researches covered a variety of biological fields including teratogeny, amphibian embryology and parthenogenesis. His noted literary works and thoughts included philosophy, popular science and history of science. Robert Ettinger got the idea of cryonics from Rostand’s area of cryogenics. An island in Antarctica has been named Rostand Island after him. We have curated some popular quotations and sayings by Jean Rostand which are till date quoted extensively by people from all walks of life. Go through the famous, inspiring and quotable quotes and thoughts by Jean Rostand on fight, stupidity, thoughts, resist, beautiful, mind, regret, modesty, understand, disturb, credit, parade, alone, hatred, little, sincerity, pessimism, love, nobility, greatness, recognition, feeling, quality, paradise, dreams, judge, criticism and more.

Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.

Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.

Jean Rostand
Kill one man and you are a murderer. Kill millions and you are a conqueror. Kill all and you are a God.

Kill one man and you are a murderer. Kill millions and you are a conqueror. Kill all and you are a God.

Jean Rostand
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

Jean Rostand
One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god.

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god.

Jean Rostand
A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.

A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.

Jean Rostand
Theories pass. The frog remains.

Theories pass. The frog remains.

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

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

Jean Rostand
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.

Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.

Jean Rostand
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.

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.

Jean Rostand
Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.

Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.

Jean Rostand
We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.

We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.

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

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

Jean Rostand
Kill a man and you're a murderer. Kill many and you're a conqueror. Kill them all, you're a god.

Kill a man and you're a murderer. Kill many and you're a conqueror. Kill them all, you're a god.

Jean Rostand
The obligation to endure gives us the right to know.

The obligation to endure gives us the right to know.

Jean Rostand
Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.

Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.

Jean Rostand
Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret their not ranking among the achievements of the human mind.

Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret their not ranking among the achievements of the human mind.

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

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

Jean Rostand
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 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.

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

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

Jean Rostand
Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.

Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.

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

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

Jean Rostand
Far too often the choices reality proposes are such as to take away one's taste for choosing.

Far too often the choices reality proposes are such as to take away one's taste for choosing.

Jean Rostand
Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.
 Thoughts of a Biologist

Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god. Thoughts of a Biologist

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

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

Jean Rostand
A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.

A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.

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

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

Jean Rostand
To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts.

To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts.

Jean Rostand
A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in.

A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in.

Jean Rostand
Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.

Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.

Jean Rostand
It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of.

It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of.

Jean Rostand