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It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.

Jean Rostand

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Jean Rostand
Age: 82 †
Born: 1894
Born: October 30
Died: 1977
Died: September 4
Biologist
Historian
Philosopher
Writer
Paris
France
Takes
Opinion
Unexpressed
Rooted
Survive
Deep

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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.
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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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Le biologiste passe, la grenouille reste. The biologist passes, the frog remains.
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Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.
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I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.
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Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable.
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There are big and little truths, but all belong to the same race.
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Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become.
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Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.
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On the brink of being satiated, desire still appears infinite.
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Kill one man and you're a murderer, kill a million and you're a conqueror.
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Marriage simplifies life and complicates the day.
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Far too often the choices reality proposes are such as to take away one's taste for choosing.
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Quotations--always inexact. I don't trust people who cannot even copy out.
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Kill one man, and you are murderer.
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Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.
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What makes our opponents useful is that they allow us to believe that without them we would be able to realize our goals.
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