111 Quotes by Jean Rostand

On tue un homme, on est un assassin. On tue des millions d'hommes, on est un conquérant. On les tue tous, on est un dieu.Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.

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

A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in.

The obligation to endure gives us the right to know.

Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.

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

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

A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god.