Jean Rostand Famous Quotes



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

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

"Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god."

To be an adult is to be alone.

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.


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Fidelity to commitment in the face of doubts and fears is a very spiritual thing.
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"The saddest thing of word or pen, To know the things that might have been."
John Greenleaf Whittier

"As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow."
A C Benson

We are each responsible for our own life - no other person is or even can be.
Oprah Winfrey

"There's always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little - and it's always somebody else."
Cullen Hightower

This very moment is a seed from which the flowers of tomorrow's happiness grow.
Margaret Lindsey

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find it out.
Frank A Clark

"Clarence Oh there they go. There they go, every time I start talkin 'bout boxing, a white man got to pull Rocky Marciano out their ass. That's their one, that's their one. Rocky Marciano. Rocky Marciano. Let me tell you something once and for all. Rocky Marciano was good, but compared to Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano ain't shit."
Coming to America

"Judgement, not passion should prevail."
Epicharmus

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.
Thomas Fuller