The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.
From Jean Rostand
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.
I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.
We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.
Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become.
I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance.
One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it.
Hatred, for the man who is not engaged in it, is a little like the odor of garlic for one who hasn't eaten any.
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