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“Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.”
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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.
Thoughts of a Biologist”
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Thoughts of a Biologist”
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“Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.”
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“The obligation to endure gives us the right to know.”
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“Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.”
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“My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.”
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“On tue un homme, on est un assassin. On tue des millions d'hommes, on est un conquérant. On les tue tous, on est un dieu.
Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.”
― Pensées d'un biologiste
Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.”
― Pensées d'un biologiste
“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.”
― Pensées d'un biologiste
― Pensées d'un biologiste
“To be an adult is to be alone.”
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“It is horrible to see everything that one detested in the past coming back wearing the colours of the future.”
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“We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn’t wish to be.”
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“Uccidi un uomo e sei un assassino. Uccidine milioni e sei un conquistatore. Uccidili tutti e sei un Dio.”
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“Uccidi un uomo e sei un assassino. Uccidine milioni e sei un conquistatore. Uccidili tutti e sei un Dio”
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“The obligation to endure gives us the right to know”
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