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Jean Rostand
France
30 Oct 1894 // 4 Sep 1977
Biologist / Writer
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On Criticism:
Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are
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On Humanity:
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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On Science:
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men
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On Scientist:
Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth
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On Wealth:
Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth
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On Wife:
Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you
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On Opinion:
It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed
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On Thought:
It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls
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On Mistake:
It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths
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On Science:
It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Anger:
"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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Friedrich Nietzsche
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."
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Francis Bacon
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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