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Being right is less important to us than the freedom to be wrong.
Jean Rostand
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Jean Rostand
Age: 82 †
Born: 1894
Born: October 30
Died: 1977
Died: September 4
Biologist
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Philosopher
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Paris
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God, that checkroom of our dreams.
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Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable.
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It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.
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