Jean Rostand Quotes & Quotations

Jean Rostand Quotes

» The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

» To be adult is to be alone.

» The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.

» A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.

» Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.

» It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls.

» Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said.

» The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God.

» Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

» Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable.

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