Quotes
Quotations of Jean Rostand"Kill one man and you are a murderer. Kill millions and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone and you are a God."(Jean Rostand / 1894-1977 / Thoughts of a Biologist / 1939) "Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men." (Jean Rostand / 1894-1977 / Thoughts of a Biologist / 1939) "I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell." (Jean Rostand / 1894-1977 / Thoughts of a Biologist / 1939) "Few people are worthy to believe in nothing." (Jean Rostand / 1894-1977 / Thoughts of a Biologist / 1939) "Not to believe that something exists because it would be too horrible if it does not exist. There is no proof owing to the horrible one." (Jean Rostand / 1894-1977 / Thoughts of a Biologist / 1939) "I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books." (Jean Rostand / 1894-1977) "God, that checkroom of our dreams." (Jean Rostand / 1894-1977) "The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God." (Jean Rostand / 1894-1977) Biography of Jean Rostand |