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The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.
Jean Rostand
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Jean Rostand
Age: 82 †
Born: 1894
Born: October 30
Died: 1977
Died: September 4
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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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I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell.
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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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