Skip to quotes
Glory Quotes

I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.

Jean RostandScientist · French · 1894 – 1977
More from Jean Rostand
Book QuotesHonesty Quotes
#Reality
All Inspirational Motivational Love Life Friendship Funny Happiness Success Wisdom Family Hope All topics

Related quotes

  • Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. — John Ruskin
  • Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. — Thomas Jefferson
  • What a word is truth. Slippery, tricky, unreliable. I tried in these books to tell the truth. — Lillian Hellman
  • There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past. — Jean Rostand
  • The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God. — Jean Rostand
  • I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence. — Jean Rostand
Photographers Privacy Terms Pixabay (opens in a new tab)
A Gojo Digital website · © 2026