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Quote by Jean Rostand
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity

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

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When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is never any error so gross that it wont one day, from some perspective, appear prophetic. – Jean Rostand

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

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Future
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Oftentimes, when people are miserable, they will want to make other people miserable, too. But it never helps. – Lemony Snicket

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There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing. – Maya Angelou, PBS, 1988 March 28th

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I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it raging and roaring like a wild beast in its den. It puts me in mind of the everlasting efforts of the human mind, struggling to be free and ending just where it began. – William Hazlitt

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The enthusiastic, to those who are not, are always something of a trial. – Alban Goodier

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