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It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of.
Science and Scientists
Jean Rostand

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

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It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.
Opinions
Jean Rostand

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One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it.
Theory
Jean Rostand

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One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void.
Involvement
Jean Rostand

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Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable.
Books - Reading
Jean Rostand

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Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.
Critics and Criticism
Jean Rostand

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

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The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same.
Ideals and Idealism
Jean Rostand

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The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious.
Power
Jean Rostand

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The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.
Belief
Jean Rostand

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The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.
Admiration
Jean Rostand

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

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Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.
Truth
Jean Rostand

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We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.
Modesty
Jean Rostand

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Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined.
Courage
Leo Rosten

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Extremists think communication means agreeing with them.
Communication
Leo Rosten

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If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.
Enjoyment
Leo Rosten

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Satire is focused bitterness.
Sarcasm
Leo Rosten

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The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.
Writers and Writing
Leo Rosten

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We are the greatest power in the world. If we behave like it.
Diplomacy
Walt W. Rostow

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The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.
Self-improvement
David Lee Roth

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The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.
Progress
Philip Roth

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When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it.
Publishing and Publishers
Philip Roth

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I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't.
Business
Sir Nathan Rothschild

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun