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It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of.

~Jean Rostand

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Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.

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Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.

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There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.

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It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.

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I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.

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We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.

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Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become.

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I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Scientist

Born: October 30th, 1894

Died: September 4th, 1977

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