In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.
Jean Rostand
Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.
Jean Rostand
God, that checkroom of our dreams.
Jean Rostand
In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.
Jean Rostand
We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.
Jean Rostand
To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts.
Jean Rostand
Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt..
Jean Rostand
It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.
Jean Rostand
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.