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Kill one man and you're a murderer, kill a million and you're a conqueror.
Jean Rostand
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Jean Rostand
Age: 82 †
Born: 1894
Born: October 30
Died: 1977
Died: September 4
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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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On the brink of being satiated, desire still appears infinite.
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To say of men that they are bad is to say they are worse than we think we are, or worse than the ideal man whose image we have built up on the basis of a certain few.
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In our ideals we unwittingly reveal our vices.
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When I was young I pitied the old. Now old, it is the young I pity.
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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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