Jean Rostand

There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.

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

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

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

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

Hatred, for the man who is not engaged in it, is a little like the odor of garlic for one who hasn't eaten any.

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

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

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

To be adult is to be alone.

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

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