Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret their not ranking among the achievements of the human mind.
From Jean Rostand
One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god.
Theories pass. The frog remains.
To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts.
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.
Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.
To say of men that they are bad is to say they are worse than we think we are, or worse than the ideal man whose image we have built up on the basis of a certain few.
Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.
Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.
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