“ Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men. ”
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“ 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. ”
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“ There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost. ”
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“ My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists. ”
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“ My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists. ”
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“ My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists. ”
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“ It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the teacher who backs him or the student who honors him. ”
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“ 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. ”
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“ We are not nanve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job. ”
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“ Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god. ”
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“ The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to. ”
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“ 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. ”
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“ A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in. ”
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“ 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. ”
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“ One must credit a hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it. ”
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“ The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same. ”
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“ I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance. ”
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“ It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the teacher who backs him or the student who honors him. ”
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“ Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are. ”
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“ The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to. ”
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“ Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness. ”
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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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