It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls.
Jean RostandIt is horrible to see everything that one detested in the past coming back wearing the colors of the future.
Jean RostandHatred, for the man who is not engaged in it, is a little like the odor of garlic for one who hasn't eaten any.
Jean RostandIf a given scientist had not made a given discovery, someone else would have done so a little later. Johann Mendel dies unknown after having discovered the laws of heredity: thirty-five years later, three men rediscover them. But the book that is not written will never be written. The premature death of a great scientist delays humanity; that of a great writer deprives it.
Jean Rostand