111 Quotes by Jean Rostand


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    In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one’s party three times a day.

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

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    Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do without a correct understanding of her language.

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    There are things that don’t deserve to be said briefly.

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    I don’t judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.

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    Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

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    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.

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