Jean Rostand

Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret their not ranking among the achievements of the human mind. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#among #beautiful #being #being beautiful #cannot

Hatred, for the man who is not engaged in it, is a little like the odor of garlic for one who hasn't eaten any. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#eaten #engaged #garlic #hasn #hatred

In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#flatter #lie #only #politics #today

Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#bad #cruelty #direction #facing #fail

To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#little #love #more #should #than

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#convictions #his #human #human being #independent

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#extends #other #pessimism #pessimists #point

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#grounds #modesty #must #our #over

Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#about #feel #much #never #remorse

A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#couple #feel #married #married couple #need