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Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.

Jean Rostand

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Jean Rostand
Age: 82 †
Born: 1894
Born: October 30
Died: 1977
Died: September 4
Biologist
Historian
Philosopher
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Paris
France
Death
Conqueror
Men
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Murderer
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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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The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.
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One kills a man, one is an assassin one kills millions, one is a conqueror one kills everybody, one is a god.
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God, that checkroom of our dreams.
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Marriage simplifies life and complicates the day.
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Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable.
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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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To be able to observe with a stranger's eye helps one to see with an artist's eye. What alienates us inspires.
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Theories pass. The frog remains.
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My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.
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In our ideals we unwittingly reveal our vices.
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Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.
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To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should.
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We find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: why should anyone lie in telling us the truth?
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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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When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is never any error so gross that it won't one day, from some perspective, appear prophetic.
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Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife she has thought much worse things about you.
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Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.
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Kill one man, and you are murderer.
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I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.
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