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One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void. ↗

— Jean Rostand

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Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#during #end #i #i tried #me

The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#always #doubt #ideal #same #varies

There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#enough #extremely #hated #little #low

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. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#basis #built #certain #few #ideal

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. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#any #appear #current #day #error

We see things as we are, not as they are. ↗

— Leo Rosten

#things

Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less. ↗

— Leo Rosten

#ears #give #give me #god #hear

The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that perhaps, is what makes him different from others. ↗

— Leo Rosten

#even #him #loved #makes #more

An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service of Christendom and the church. ↗

— Leo Rosten

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