Jean Rostand: Quotes about men

Jean Rostand was French writer. Explore interesting quotes on men.
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“Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.”

See also "The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic." (misattributed to Joseph Stalin)

“Science had better not free the minds of men too much, before it has tamed their instincts.”

[Jean Rostand, The substance of men, Doubleday, 1962, 19]

“Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.”

La science a fait de nous des dieux avant même que nous méritions d'être des hommes.
[Jean Rostand, Thoughts of a Biologist, 1939]