Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.

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

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I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence.

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

Jean Rostand in Journal of a Character (1931)
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Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.

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Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become.

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

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There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.

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

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In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.

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