Jean-Henri Fabre quotes

“The common people have no history: persecuted by the present, they cannot think of preserving the memory of the past.”
-- Jean-Henri Fabre

Source : Jean-Henri Fabre, Alexander Teixeira De Mattos (2000). “The Life of the Fly”, p.117, The Minerva Group, Inc.

#Memories Quotes #Past Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“In many cases, ignorance is a good thing : the mind retains its freedom of investigation and does not stray along roads that lead nowhither, suggested by one's reading. I have experienced this once again. ... Yes, ignorance can have its advantages; the new is found far from the beaten track.”
-- Jean-Henri Fabre

Source : Jean-Henri Fabre (1911). “Souvenirs Entomologiques”, London : A. and C. Black

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“Permanence of instinct must go with permanence of form...The history of the present must teach us the history of the past.”
-- Jean-Henri Fabre

#Past Quotes #Fossils Quotes #Instinct Quotes

“If there is one vegetable which is God-given, it is the haricot bean.”
-- Jean-Henri Fabre

#Vegetables Quotes #Given Quotes #Beans Quotes

“Seek those who find your road agreeable, your personality and mind stimulating, your philosophy acceptable, and your experience helpful. Let those who do not, seek their own kind.”
-- Jean-Henri Fabre

#Philosophy Quotes #Personality Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity.”
-- Jean-Henri Fabre

Source : Jean-Henri Fabre (1911). “Souvenirs Entomologiques”, London : A. and C. Black

#Ignorance Quotes #Perfect Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“Let us turn elsewhere, to the wasps and bees, who unquestionably come first in the laying up of a heritage for their offspring.”
-- Jean-Henri Fabre

Source : Jean-Henri Fabre (1998). “The Passionate Observer: Writings from the World of Nature”, Chronicle Books Llc

#Heritage Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Bees Quotes

“We have within us, from the start, that which will distinguish us from the vulgar herd.”
-- Jean-Henri Fabre

Source : Jean-Henri Fabre (1998). “The Passionate Observer: Writings from the World of Nature”, Chronicle Books Llc

#Herds Quotes #Vulgar Quotes

“Let us dig our furrow in the fields of the commonplace.”
-- Jean-Henri Fabre

Source : Jean-Henri Fabre, Alexander Teixeira De Mattos (2000). “The Life of the Fly”, p.175, The Minerva Group, Inc.

#Fields Quotes

“History celebrates the battlefields whereon we meet our death, but scorns to speak of the plowed fields whereby we thrive. It knows the names of the king's bastards but cannot tell us the origin of wheat. This is the way of human folly.”
-- Jean-Henri Fabre

#Kings Quotes #Names Quotes #Way Quotes