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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
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Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.
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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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It is horrible to see everything that one detested in the past coming back wearing the colors of the future.
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On the brink of being satiated, desire still appears infinite.
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Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable.
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It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the teacher who backs him or the student who honors him.
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The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.
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We bestow on others praise in which we do not believe, on condition that in return they bestow upon us praise in which we do.
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