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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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